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MalcolmBull
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Cloth-making terms
« on: Friday 18 July 08 13:14 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know a good website for looking up terms and expressions used in [historical rather than modern] textile and cloth making?  I particularly want to know whether someone who produced worsted coatings produced worsted for making coats, or whether he produced a substance for coating worsted yarn.

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Re: Cloth-making terms
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 July 08 13:47 BST (UK) »
Worsted Coatings was a fabric for the mens' coating trade. James Bottomley 1816-88 pioneered the manufacture of worsted coatings at his Westbank Mills, Bradford.

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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 24 August 08 10:58 BST (UK) »
This is the site for the Clothworkers Company.

You should find all the relevant terms you want on this.

http://www.clothworkers.co.uk/pages/homepage/the_company/texttiles/the_craft_of_the_clothworker/glossary/default.aspx
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Re: Cloth-making terms
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 26 August 08 08:56 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the link.  It didn't answer the coatings question but it does answer lots of others.

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