Sinchaw, or Synchaw, was a

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type described in an early 19th century list of prices as “a firm thick even Kind of Goods”. Sinchaw was among the varieties of Chinese silk imported into the

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during the eighteenth century. The length of a piece was around 30 yards with a variance of one yard.

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