Cottonade was a coarse and heavy cotton cloth,[1] usually yarn dyed. Multiple formations were available, including plain, twill, and serge. It was a kind of woolen imitation, and the strong variants were used for men's trousers.[2][3][4] Twill structured blue-and-white striped men's workwear with hickory cloth-like appearance was used.[5] Cottonade was initially used for less-expensive men's clothing, it was eventually supplanted by superior materials such as "cassimeres" (kerseymere), which became fashionable.[1]
Hickory shirting
editHickory shirting was a similar cloth made with dyed yarn stripes in twill structure. When cottonade was used for trousers, hickory was used for shirts.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cole, George S. (1890). A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances. The Library of Congress. Wichita, Kan., Forest City publishing co. p. 44.
- ^ Watson, Kate Heintz (1911). Textiles and Clothing. American school of home economics. p. 98.
- ^ "Cottonade". Webster's 1913. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ Mathews, Kolanjikombil (2017). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms: Four Volume Set. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 367. ISBN 978-93-85059-66-7.
- ^ Denny, Grace G. (Grace Goldena) (1962). Fabrics. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, Lippincott. p. 23.
- ^ Denny, Grace G. (Grace Goldena) (1923). Fabrics and how to know them; definitions of fabrics, practical textile tests, classification of fabrics. The Library of Congress. Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company. p. 53.
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