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In the late 16th and the first half of the 17th century, private Portuguese merchants gained a foothold in India and gained direct access to local markets and textile production centers. By integrating European templates, they adapted part of the textile production in Bengal and Gujarat and thus created new, almost standardized and high quality luxury products for the European market, which this study deals with.

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Dr. Barbara Karl is curator of the collection of the Textile Museum St.Gallen (CH). The focus of her research and publications is on textiles and the history of the collection against the background of the intranational cultural exchange of the early modern period up to the 19th century.

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