Nanquin : Fine cotton fabric, yellowish that was in use in the S. XVIII and XIX .
In the narrative "THE SNOW STORM " LEV Tolstoy (Translation of Selma Ancira - Cliff sketchbook, 41 - in the Pag. I could read in 35: " (... ) I see Fyodor Filipich, with the sleeves of his remangadas naquin livery, (... ) "