Costume, Fashion & Textile History Dictionary

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Index: A-section

1. Abb Wool
2. Abnet
3. Acca
4. Adulteration of Fabrics
5. Agra Gauze
6. Aida Canvas
7. Aigrette
8. Alamode
9. Alaska
10.  Albatross
11.  Albert-cloth
12.  Alexis
13.  Alizarin / Alizari
14.  Alpaca
15.  Altar Cloth
16.  Aluminum
17.  American Cloth
18. Angola
19. Angora Wool or Mohair
20. Angora Cashmere
21. Aniline
22. Appliqué
23.  Apron
24. Arctics
25. Areophane
26. Armozeen
27. Armure / Royal Armure
28. Arras
29. Arrasene
30.  Asbestos
31. Astrakhan
32. Aune

Index: B-section

33. Baby Caps

34. Baize / Bay Cloth

35. Balayeuse

36. Balbriggan

37. Baleen

38. Balloon-net

39. Balmoral / Bal Boots

40. Balmoral Skirt

41. Band

42.  Bandana

43.  Bangle / Bangri

44.  Bank-credit

45.  Bankrupt

46.  Bankruptcy Laws

47. Barcelona Silk Kerchief

48. Barege

49.  Barras

50.  Barrow-coat

51.  Barter

52.  Basket-weave

53.  Basse-lisse / Haute-lisse

54.  Bast

55.  Bastard Cloth

56.  Basting-machine

57.  Bathing Suits

58.  Bathing Trunks

59.  Bating

60.  Batiste

61.  Batting / Bat / Batts

62. Baudekin

63. Bayeta

64.  Beads

65.  Beam-roll

66.  Bearing-cloth / Christening Robe

67.  Beaver Cloth

68.  Beaver Hat

69. Beaverteen

70.  Bed Clothes

71.  Bedford Cord

72.  Bed-gown / Night-gown / Night-dress

73.  Bedizen

74.  Bed-linen

75.  Bed Pocket

76.  Bed Quilt

77.  Bed Tick / Ticking

78.  Beetling Machine / Mangling Machine

79.  Beige

80.  Bend-leather

81.  Bengaline

82. Bengal Stripes

83. Berlin Gloves

84. Berlin Wool

85. Bias

86.  Bib

87.  Birdseye Linen / Weave

88. Birets

89. Blacksize

90.  Blankets

91.  Blazer

92.  Bleaching

93.  Block Printing

94.  Blonde Lace

95.  Bloom

96.  Bloomers

97.  Blouse

98.  Boa

99.  Bobbinet

100. Bocasine

101. Bocking

102.  Bolster

103.  Bolt

104.  Bolting Cloth

105.  Bombast

106.  Bombazine

107. Bombyx

108. Bombycinous

109.  Bone Lace

110.  Bonnet

111.  Bookbinder’s Cloth

112. Bookfold

113. Bookmuslin

114.  Bootee

115.  Boot-powder

116. Boucla

117.  Bowing

118.  Box Coat / Opera Coat

119.  Box Plait

120.  Braid

121. Brandenburgs

122.  Breakfast Shawl

123.  Breast Clout

124.  Breech Clout

125.  Breeches

126.  Bride (lace and needlework)

127.  Broad Lace

128.  Broadcloth (1)

129.  Broadcloth (2)

130.  Brocade

131.  Brocaded

132. Brocatel

133. Broche

134. Broche Shawl / Paisley Shawl

135. Brush Hat

136. Buckle

137. Buckram

138. Buckskin

139. Buff

140. Buff-coat

141. Buffing

142. Bugle

143. Bullion-fringe or Bullion-embroidery

144. Bunting

145. Burlap

146. Burl

147. Buskin

148. Bustle

149. Butcher’s Linen

150. Butter-cloth

151. Buttons

1. Vegetable Ivory Buttons
2. Metal Buttons
3. Upholstered or Cloth-covered Buttons
4. Potato Buttons
5. Shoe Buttons
6. Pearl Buttons
7. Agate Buttons

Index: C-section

1. Caddis

2. Cadet Gloves

3. Calender

4. Calfskin

5. Calico

6. Cambrasine

7. Cambric

8. Cameline

9. Camel’s Hair

10.  Camel’s Hair Shawls

11.  Camlet

12.  Canton Flannel

13.  Canvas

14. Cap

15. Cape

16.  Capote

17. Cappadine

18.  Capuchin

19.  Cardigan Jacket

20.  Carding

21.  Cardinal: Religious

22. Cardinal: Color

23. Cashmere

24. Cashmere Chevron

25.  Cashmere Shawls / India Shawls

26. Cassimere

27. Cassinette / Kerseynette

28.  Cassock

29.  Castor

30.  Catgut

31.  Celluloid

32. Challi

33.  Chambray

34.  Channeling Machine

35.  Chasuble

36.  Check

37.  Cheese-cloth

38. Chemise

39. Chemisette

40.  Chenille

41.  Chenille Cloth

42.  Cheviot

43.  Cheviot Shirting

44.  Chiffon

45. Chijimi

46. China Silk

47. Chinchilla

48.  Chine

49.  Chintz

50. Chudder

51. Claith

52.  Clerk

53.  Clan Tartans

54.  Clay Worsted

55. Cloaks

56. Clock

57.  Cloth

58.  Clothes

59.  Clothier

60.  Cloth Measure

61.  Cloth of Gold

62.  Coal Tar Colors

63.  Coat

64. Coburg

65.  Cobweb Lawn

66.  Cochineal

67.  Cocked Hat

68.  Cockle

69.  Cocoa Fibre

70.  Coiffure

71.  Collar

72.  Collars and Cuffs

73. Colors

74.  Combing Wool

75. Comforts / Bed Comfortables

76. Commission Merchant

77.  Composition Cloth

78.  Convent Cloth

79. Cony Fur

80.  Cope

81. Cordage and Twines

82.  Corded Fabrics

83.  Cordovan / Cordwain

84.  Corduroy

85. Cork

86. Cork Leather

87.  Corkscrew Worsted

88.  Corset

89.  Corset Jean

90. Cote de Cheval

91.  Cotton

92. Cotton Damask

93. Cotton Flannel

94.  Cotton Rep

95. Cotton Wadding

96.  Cotton Velvet

97. Cottonade

98.  Countermand

99.  Counterpane / Marseilles Quilt

100. Coventry Blue

101. Coverlet

102. Cowl

103. Crape

104. Crape Cloth

105. Crash

106. Cravat

107. Cravenette

108. Crazy Quilt

109. Crepe de Chine

110. Crepe-Lisse

111. Crepon

112. Cretonne

113. Crewel

114. Cricket Flannel

115. Crinoline

116. Crofting

117. Crown Lining

118. Curtains

119. Cut Cashmere / Sebastopol

Index: D-section

1. Damask
1. Curtain Damask
2. Table Damask
2. Damasked
3. Damasse
4. Damassin
5. Darning Needles
6. De Beige
7. Delaine
8. Demi-Castor
9. Denim
10.  Designing-textile
11.  Diagonal
12.  Diaper
13.  Diced
14.  Dickey
15.  Dimity
16.  Discharging
17.  Discount
18.  Distaff
19.  Ditto
20.  Dobby-Machine
21.  Doeskin
22.  Dog Cheap
23. Dogskin
24.  Dolly Varden
25.  Dolman
26. Domet
27. Donsky
28. Dornick
29.  Double-dyeing
30.  Double-faced
31.  Doublet
32.  Dowlas
33.  Down
34. Doyley
35. Drap de Alma
36.  Drap de Te
37.  Draper
38.  Drapery
39. Drap Sanglier
40.  Drawing-frame
41.  Drawn-work / Cut-work
42.  Dress
43.  Drilling
44. Drugget
45.  Drummer
46.  Dry Goods
47.  Duck
48.  Due-bill
49. Dundee goods
50. Dupoin
51.  Dyeing

1. History of Dyeing
2. Artificial Dyes

Index: E-section

1. Ec’ru
2. Edging
3. Egyptian Cotton
4. Eider-down
5. Eiderdown Cloth
6. Elastic Web
7. Electoral Cloth or Biretz
8. Ell
9. Embossed Felt
10. Embossed Velvet
11.  Embroidery
12.  Embroidery Silk
13. Empress Cloth / Biretz / Electoral Cloth
14.  Empress Gauze
15. Epingle
16.  Equestrian Tights / Pantella
17.  Ermine
18. Estamene
19. Estamin
20. Etamine
21.  Everlasting: Trim
22.  Everlasting: Textile

Index: F-section

1. Fabric
2. Factory
1. History of U.S. Textile Factories
2. 1890s Textile Manufacturing
3. Factory Cotton
4. Factory Yarn
5. Fagoting
6. Faille
7. False Hair
8. Hand Fan

1. History of Hand Fans
2. Fan Industry
8. Farmer’s Satin
9.  Fashion
10. Fayetta
11.  Featherbone
12.  Feather Cloth
13.  Feathers
14. Feather-stitch
15.  Felt
16.  Fiber
17. Fiberlia
18.  Fichu
19. Filament
20. Filature
21. Filibeg
22. Filoselle
23.  Filling
24. Fish Hooks
25.  Flannel
26. Flannellette
27. Flat Goods
28.  Flax

1. Cultivation
2. History of Linen
3. Manufacture

§ Water-retting

§ Dew-retting

§ Scutching

§ Flax Grades & Sizes

§ Statistics

30.  Fleece
31. Fleur-de-lis
32.  Floret-silk
33. Floretta
34.  Floss-silk
35.  Fold
36. Fondu
37.  Foolscap
38.  Foot
39.  Foot Glove
40.  Foot-sheet
41.  Forwarder
42.  Foulard
43.  Four-in-hand
44.  Fox (footwear)
45.  French Cambric
46.  French Merino
47.  French Quilting
48.  French Twill
49.  Frieze
50.  Fringe
51.  Frock
52.  Frock-coat / Prince Albert / Cutaway Coat
53.  Frocking
54. Frog
55. Frontal
56.  Fugitive Colors
57.  Fuller’s Earth
58. Fulling
59. Fulling Mill
60.  Full Regular (hosiery)
61.  Fur
1. Types of Fur: Value and Customary Uses

§ Badger

§ Bears

§ Beavers

§ Buffalo Skins

§ Catskin Fur

§ Chinchilla

§ Ermine

§ Fisher

§ Fox, Silver

§ Lynx

§ Marten, American

§ Mink, American

§ Muskrat

§ Musquash

§ Nutria

§ Opossom

§ Otter

§ Otter, Sea

§ Rabbit, Hare, and Coney

§ Sable, Russian

§ Sealskin

§ Skunk

§ Wolf

§ Wolverine

2. Dyeing Furs
3. Fur Manufacturing
61.  Fur Beaver
62.  Furbelow
63.  Fustian
64.  Fuzz

Index: G-section

1. Gaiter / Spatterdash / Overgaiter
2. Galligaskins / Gregs / Venetians / Gaskins
3. Gallon
4. Galoshes / Rubbers / Overshoes
5. Gambroon
6. Garment
7. Garter: Hosiery
8. Order of the Garter
9. Gauntlet / Gantelet
10.  Gassing / Singeing
11.  Gassing-frame
12.  Gauze / Empress Gauze / Gossamer
13. Genappe
14. Germantown Yarn
15.  German Knitting Worsted
16.  Gimp / Guipure
17.  Gimped Embroidery
18.  Gingham
1. Types of Gingham

§ Seersucker Gingham

§ Zephyr gingham

§ Madras gingham

§ Scotch and French ginghams

§ Cloth of the North / Toile-du-Nord

2. Gingham Standard Sizes
3. 1894 Gingham Manufacturing Process
18.  Glaze
19.  Glass Cloth
20.  Glassing
21.  Glazing
22.  Glengarry Cap
23.  Gloria
24.  Gloves

1. History of Gloves
2. Glove Manufacturing

§ Glove Sizes

§ Glove Finishes

3. Types of Gloves

§ Kid Gloves

§ Fabric Gloves

§ Heavy Gloves: Types

Ø Buckskin

Ø Saranac

Ø Nappa

Ø Castor Gloves

Ø Mocha Castor

Ø Suede or Undressed Kid

Ø Dogskin Gloves

Ø Schmaschen

26. Gobelin Dress Fabric
27.  Gossamer
28.  Gown
29.  Grain
30.  Grain (leather)
31.  Grass-bleaching
32.  Grass-cloth
33.  Grass Embroidery
34.  Grass-linen
35.  Grassing
36.  Grenadine
37.  Grille (lace)
38. Grosgram
39. Gros
40. Gros des Indus
41. Gros de Naples
42. Gros des Tours
43. Gros-grain / grosgrain / grosgram / silk mohair
44. Guernsey
45. Guipure / Vellum lace / Cluny Guipure (lace)
46.  Gunny
47. Gutta-percha
48.  Gypsy Cloth

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