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{{Short description|A kind of handspun shawl}}
A '''Rampur chaddar''' (Rampur chadar) was a kind of [[Hand spinning|handspun]] woolen [[shawl]] that originated in the town of [[Rampur, Himachal Pradesh|Rampur]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]], India, during the 19th century. They were later manufactured in cities of the [[Punjab]] such as [[Ludhiana]] and [[Amritsar]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=MATHEWS|first=KOLANJIKOMBIL|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkqoDwAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms: Four Volume Set|date=2017|publisher=Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited|isbn=978-93-85059-66-7|pages=1171|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Watson|first=John Forbes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFZbAAAAcAAJ|title=A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Department|date=1873|publisher=W.H. Allen|pages=130|language=en}}</ref> and also imported from outside India.

== Name ==
{{Lang|hi|चद्दर, चादर, Chaddar, Chadar}} is a [[Hindi]] word that means [[Bed sheet|sheet]] (a rectangular piece of cloth).<ref>{{Cite web|title=English Translation of "चादर" {{!}} Collins Hindi-English Dictionary|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/hindi-english/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.collinsdictionary.com|language=en}}</ref> Rampur chaddar was named after the [[Rampur, Himachal Pradesh|Rampur Bushahr]].<ref name=":0" />

== Material ==
There were at one time 2000 shawl weavers and 500 wool manufacturers in Rampur. They used to obtain the [[wool]] from [[Bushahr]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Texture ===
The texture was fine yet warm. Rampur chaddars were made with wool or wool warp and silk or cotton in the weft.<ref name=Watt>{{Cite book|last=Watt|first=Sir George|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oc_oAfZLKnoC|title=Indian Art at Delhi 1903: Being the Official Catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition 1902-1903|date=1987|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-0278-0|pages=341, 351|language=en}}</ref> Though the quality was fine, soft, and durable, it was not equal to [[Pashmina (material)|Pashmina]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wingate|first=Isabel Barnum|url=http://archive.org/details/fairchildsdictio00wing|title=Fairchild's dictionary of textiles|date=1979|publisher=New York : Fairchild Publications|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-87005-198-2|pages=492}}</ref>

==== Use ====
Rampur chaddars were liked as [[Wrap (clothing)|wrap]] or shawl and were sold throughout India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ba9n0Q3ojKwC|title=Gazetteer of the Amritsar District, 1892-93|date=1991|publisher=Revenue Department|pages=111|language=en}}</ref> They became popular in the late 19th century as a result of the import of power-loom woven examples sold as being of Indian manufacture.<ref name=Watt/>

== See also ==

* [[Puttoo]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Shawls and wraps]]

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