[h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Stacey Dunleavy
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. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Kim Baird
Sometimes they were used as stuffing -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Dunleavy Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:39 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question Of course, what was done with the

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread WorkroomButtons.com
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

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Brenna Sharp
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

[h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Stacey Dunleavy
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

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread WorkroomButtons.com
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

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Lavolta Press
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

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Sharon Collier
Don't forget pen wipers. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Dunleavy Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:39 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question Of course, what was done with the cabbage? I

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Valerie Robertson
From Dictionary.com: Origin: 1615–25;  earlier carbage  shred, piece of cloth, apparently variant of garbage  wheat straw chopped small (obsolete sense) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Sheridan
Or paper manufacturing. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Collier Sent: April-19-11 3:51 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question Don't forget pen wipers. -Original Message-

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Kimberly Prack
Hence to cabbage onto something? Kimberly Wageman-Prack 817-468-1498 817-454-4039 cell kpr...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:31:40 -0700 From: f...@lavoltapress.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question On 4/19/2011 11:31 AM, Stacey Dunleavy