582 ON THE PRICE OP TEXTILE FABRICS. 



seventeenth century. It is said to be a strong kind of taffeta, 

 but I have only found one entry in which the price of this 

 fabric at all corresponds with that occasionally given for 

 taffeta. In 1650, when taffeta is 12s., French lemon-coloured 

 tabby is 95. Thenceforward it is generally from >js. 6d. to Js. 

 But in 1672 it is, under the name of striped tabby, ioj. In 

 1699 three kinds are purchased in London, white at 8j., white 

 and silver at ivs., and black at i8j. In 1649 and 1700 I find 

 tabinet at 8j. 6d. in the former year and at 4^. $d. and 4^. zd. 

 in the latter. 



Grogram silk appears in four years. It is at us. 6d. in 

 1393, at IDS. 6d. in 1615, at ijs. ^d. in 1620, and at gs. 6d. 

 and 12s. 6d. in 1631. I should think that the application 

 of this name to a silk stuff ceased to be common at an early 

 period. 



Ras de Cypre and Drap de Berry are I presume silk fabrics : 

 the former is priced at 8j. in 1649, the latter at 14^. in 1649 

 and at us. in 1688. Satanetto is at 2s. 6d. in 1686; flower 

 silk at 8j. 6d. in 1686; light silk is at qs. in 1655; silk for 

 breeches at los. in 1687. Stamell, the price of which on this 

 occasion seems to suggest silk, is at ijs. 6d. in 1617. 



Plush, which seems to have been a silken fabric, is first 

 found in 1629, when it is bought by Lord Spencer at 235. 

 a yard. But next year the same person buys it at 13^. 6d. 

 and lu., the cheaper being green. In 1631 he again buys it 

 at IQS. In 1633 Lord Spencer gives us. a yard for what is 

 called 'three plush to line,' 23^. for crimson plush, and I2s. 

 again for other plush. In 1687 crimson plush is bought in 

 London at 7^., and here I suspect that the material may have 

 been woollen, if not entirely at least in part. 



There are a few entries of damask which appear to be 

 silken fabrics. Such appear to be the mixed damask and 

 crimson damask which King's College purchased in 1615, 

 apparently for an altar cloth. Again, in 1662, damask is 

 bought with the same object by the same corporation at 

 i6s. 4</., and with it 327} ounces of silk fringe at 2s. i\d. In 



