Of course, what was done with the cabbage? I can't see good wools being
used for dustrags, yet there's no evidence of American-style patchwork
quilting until the 18th Century.
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Sometimes they were used as stuffing
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Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question
Of course, what was done with the
Maybe shoddy and/or mungo?
Benjamin Law developed a process of turning recycled old rags
mixed with some
virgin wool
into shoddy around 1813. He was unable at the time to figure out a way of
incorporating tailors' clippings into the
process. This was figured out by his nephews several years
If nothing else - purses, trimmings, collar and cuff linings, modesties,
cloth belts, hats, lesser-priced smaller garments (jupons, bodices,
waistcoats) for children and smaller adults or even larger adults who didn't
mind clever piecing.
And don't forget, this applied to silks as well as
The shoddy manufacturing is interesting - I was thinking pre-industrial
revolution. I can't comprehend that cloth that had been painstakingly spun
and woven would be simply stuffed inside a pillow. My modern mindset keeps
thinking that the thrifty Medieval or Elizabethan housewife would at least
Actually, I was originally hoping for some discussion on pre-Industrial shoddy
fabric -- I was wondering if shoddy was even produced before the 19th Century.
BUT... I think I answered my own question: according to The History of the
Shoddy-Trade (1860) p.18, manual labor can not produce the
On 4/19/2011 11:31 AM, Stacey Dunleavy wrote:
The shoddy manufacturing is interesting - I was thinking pre-industrial
revolution. I can't comprehend that cloth that had been painstakingly spun
and woven would be simply stuffed inside a pillow. My modern mindset keeps
thinking that the
Don't forget pen wipers.
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Of course, what was done with the cabbage? I
From Dictionary.com:
Origin:
1615–25; earlier carbage shred, piece of cloth, apparently variant of garbage
wheat straw chopped small (obsolete sense)
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Or paper manufacturing.
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Don't forget pen wipers.
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Hence to cabbage onto something?
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:31:40 -0700
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On 4/19/2011 11:31 AM, Stacey Dunleavy
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