Sinchaw

Sinchaw, or Synchaw, was a silk type described in an early 19th century list of prices as “a firm thick even Kind of Goods”.[1] Sinchaw was among the varieties of Chinese silk imported into the United States during the eighteenth century.[2] The length of a piece was around 30 yards with a variance of one yard.[1][3]

References
  1. Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York ; London : Norton. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
  2. Carpenter, Francis Ross (1976). The Old China Trade: Americans in Canton, 1784-1843. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-698-30610-3.
  3. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. pp. 564language=en. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
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