Virginia cloth

Virginia cloth was a coarse cloth made by natives of Virginia. The fabric has a record of existence in 1721 and was used for servants' wear. The material was a mix of cotton and wool.[1]

Name

It was named after the state of Virginia.[2]

Material

Virginia cloth was made with homespun yarns of cotton and wool and by using handweaving by the local people for their use.[2] American revolution pushed the progression of many homemade cloths.[3][4][5][6][7]

Mentions

Andrew Burnaby an English clergyman mentions ''Virginia cloth'' in his travelogue Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North America, In the Years 1759 and 1760.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bishop, John Leander (1868). A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: Comprising Annals of the Industry of the United States in Machinery, Manufactures and Useful Arts, with a Notice of the Important Inventions, Tariffs, and the Results of Each Decennial Census. E. Young & Company. p. 343.
  2. ^ a b c Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. New York; London: Norton. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
  3. ^ ''From the early eighteenth century, references to " Virginia cloth " begin to appear with more frequency in records of the colony, indicating the extent to which linen and wool, as well as cotton, were being grown and manufactured, Inventories '' Page 127 https://books.google.com/books?id=8vdCAAAAIAAJ&q=virginia+cloth
  4. ^ Institute, Virginia Polytechnic (1933). Virginia: Economic and Civic. Whittet & Shepperson. p. 10.
  5. ^ The world of the American Revolution : a daily life encyclopedia. Merril D. Smith. Santa Barbara, California. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4408-3027-3. OCLC 881400789.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ The American Revolution : a heritage of change. John Parker, Carol Louise Urness, James Ford Bell Library. Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library. 1975. ISBN 978-1-85109-739-5. OCLC 2296773.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Royster, Charles; Abbot, W. W. (1996). "The Papers of George Washington. Colonial Series. [Volume] 7: January 1761-June 1767; [Volume] 8: June 1767-December 1771; [Volume] 9: January 1772-March 1774; [Volume] 10: March 1774-June 1775". The Journal of Southern History. 62 (4): 795. doi:10.2307/2211148. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2211148.


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