Re: [h-cost] historic cloth names, early 18th c

Thanks!! Definitely good to hear from you, Deb! Any plans to be in this neck of the woods during the year? I think we’re overdue for a visit (despite my current costuming non-activity). ==Marjorie On Mar 6, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Deb Salisbury, Mantua-Maker d...@mantua-maker.com wrote: I'd bet

Re: [h-cost] historic cloth names, early 18th c

] historic cloth names, early 18th c Interesting blog post at http://vita-brevis.org/2015/02/widow-lydia-scottows-wardrobe/?utm_source=twgnewsletterutm_medium=newsletterutm_campaign=twg729 discusses historic fabric names from family accounts between appx. 1701- 1705. I’d be curious if any list

Re: [h-cost] historic cloth names, early 18th c

I'd bet that Scot cloth was a plaid, but it could be a linen, similar to Irish linen. I agree that ferret was a silk ribbon and/or a narrow woolen tape. Usually silk, though. Dow lace perplexes me, since dowlas was defined as A coarse kind of linen in 1797. Happy sewing, Deb Salisbury

[h-cost] historic cloth names, early 18th c

Interesting blog post at http://vita-brevis.org/2015/02/widow-lydia-scottows-wardrobe/?utm_source=twgnewsletterutm_medium=newsletterutm_campaign=twg729 discusses historic fabric names from family accounts between appx. 1701- 1705. I’d be curious if any list members have reflections on the names