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PRICES OF TEXTILE FABRICS. 



LINEN AND COTTON. 



I HAVE endeavoured in the present table and in that immediately following 

 istinguish among the entries of textile fabrics between those which are 

 made from the vegetable products, and those which are made from 

 animal substances. To do this it has been necessary to alter slij. 

 the method adopted in previous volumes, and some few entries made in 

 my father's manuscripts have been transposed to another heading. The 

 change was made necessary by the addition of a number of quotations 

 a the Brandsby papers, and it is in many ways an undoubted advantage. 

 Hut it would tx- .vtill more satisfactory could I be always sure that I have 

 not mistaken the nature of some of the more obscure material-, which 

 are cither not made at all now, or are made of a different material than 

 formerly. Occasionally, too, some articles are prepared with a warp and 

 a weft of different substances. It must be understood, therefore, that 

 . i lion must not be pressed too hard. 



ic present heading I have entered prices of holland. calico, 

 diaper, cambric, huggatack, damask, ticking, sheeting cloth, cranky, 

 muslin, shirting, long and broad Hessian canvas, dowlas, towelling, gulix 

 holland, dimity, fustian, lining, nankeen, minnonet, lawn, I 

 cloth, harden, chcrry-denry, drill, check, printed cotton, swanskin, 

 Swiss linen, dear lawn, cotton Ma cotton, buckram, 



a, thicksett, cord. Jaconet muslin, mull muslin, sacking, muslin 

 gauze, Russia linen, gimp, duck, chcney, strapping, jean, Suffolk hemp, 

 French quilting, ferret, hempen, huswife linen, Droghcda sheeting, 



net, haircloth. 



Several kinds of lace are given Print, Brussels, Mechlin, Swiss, 

 Vale: Kdging. 



price is usually g e yard or ell, though sometimes the 



web and the piece are given. Unless otherwise explained the price is 

 always that of a vard. 



Hut many of the articles bought are not measured, and are quoted as 

 towels, surplices, sheets, handkerchiefs, napkins, tablecloths, neckcloths, 

 shirts. 



A few entries of thread are given, usually by the ounce. 



