CLOTHING. 

 WOOL AND SILK. 



THE following pages contain such entries of the prices of wool and 

 silk fabrics as have been collected. Some of the articles are not, strictly 

 speaking, used for clothing, but are used in upholstery, or other domestic 

 purposes, but the greater part are materials for male or female attire. 

 There are quotations of cloth, distinguished as plain, broad, mixed, or 

 dyed various colours, silk of various colours, and ribands, shalloon, satin, 

 lustring, padowa, padasoy, mantua, plading, stuff, shagareen, drugget, 

 durant, Colchester baize, linsey, Persian, kersey, cutteney, taffety, checked 

 rosetta, alamode, brocade, Scotch plad, sarcenet, camleteen, serge, 

 German serge, Helmsley grey, tabby, sergedesoy, baragon, allopeen, 

 Genoa velvet, silk grogram, gauze, shag, duffen, Ducape, armoise, 

 Rusey, flannel, figured orrice, poplin, gold braid, frieze, sagathy, armozeen, 

 chever de freez, seven-thread dinim, ash martinique, stripe, crape, 

 ganage, beaver, tiffany, kerseymere, mode, French net, calimanco, 

 bombazeen, moreen, silk gimp, pennistone, statue galloon, stormont, 

 carsinet, barry moreen, sash, hunter's cloth, wolsey. Many of these 

 terms are further qualified by the addition of such epithets as superfine, 

 milled, best, fine. 



In addition to these, I have added a few prices of complete garments, 

 and several prices of gold and silver lace. Occasionally the prices of 

 worsted line and sewing silk are given. 



Nearly all the quotations are taken from private accounts, but 

 sometimes the market prices have been extracted from the London 

 newspapers. 



The articles are usually measured by the yard or the ell, rarely by the 

 piece or web. The sewing silk is sold by the ounce. 



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