tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099069415864279471.post6736375462698121136..comments2014-10-08T12:54:31.145-07:00Comments on Thomas Tye 1713-1783: Madelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566410114589726545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099069415864279471.post-71610831880891455022009-09-12T03:03:00.397-07:002009-09-12T03:03:00.397-07:00Thanks, Henrietta!Thanks, Henrietta!Madelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566410114589726545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1099069415864279471.post-27737015771959353662009-05-05T18:03:00.000-07:002009-05-05T18:03:00.000-07:00Thomas's spelling gotcha.
Try barragon which was...Thomas's spelling gotcha. <br /><br />Try barragon which was a cotton 'fustian of coarse quality strong and twilled, shorn of the nap before dying' On the other hand since he seems a bit of a dandy he may be writing about barracan which was a fine woolen worsted cloth, often batch dyed after weaving, which was felted by being boiled. I wonder if they boiled it in dye because otherwise you would think the color would go. It was used for coats and cloaks which needed to be somewhat water repellent. 100 years later barracan was called paragon cloth.<br /><br />Serge de nim was not denim as we know it which is a cotton woven from one white and one colored thread, it was classified as fustian and generally either cotton or linen and wool or silk blend.<br /><br />To add to the confusion a similar fabric to serge de nim made in Genoa Italy known as jean (woven from 2 colored threads) was a very popular import in the 16thC but being woven in Lancashire by the 17thCHenriettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980100650453154588noreply@blogger.com