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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8168954, member: 2844"]Exactly. And exported worldwide, either from Canton itself (to the Netherlands for instance), or through Manila.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.fashionmuseumriga.lv/eng/kaleidoscope/manila/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fashionmuseumriga.lv/eng/kaleidoscope/manila/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fashionmuseumriga.lv/eng/kaleidoscope/manila/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In Dutch these shawls are called 'serge à la Turque'. Serge being thin silk, and no idea why they came up with 'à la Turque', French for Turkish style.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Maybe a trade connection, like Manila? Mind you, the Dutch also called Kashmir shawls Turkish, so it could be a general term for foreign made shawls.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8168954, member: 2844"]Exactly. And exported worldwide, either from Canton itself (to the Netherlands for instance), or through Manila. [URL]https://www.fashionmuseumriga.lv/eng/kaleidoscope/manila/[/URL] In Dutch these shawls are called 'serge à la Turque'. Serge being thin silk, and no idea why they came up with 'à la Turque', French for Turkish style.;) Maybe a trade connection, like Manila? Mind you, the Dutch also called Kashmir shawls Turkish, so it could be a general term for foreign made shawls.:playful:[/QUOTE]
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