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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… produce also great quantities of black and blue superfine cloths of distinguished merit. Until of late years, when … under their own direction. Besides broad and narrow cloths of various qualities, serges, and kerseymeres, the … of the West Riding include great quantities of ladies' cloths, such as pelisse-cloths and shawls; stuff goods of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in Yorkshire. Kerridge suggests that weaving of most such cloths was done by small farmers in the Peak District as a … like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps dyed. Some Yorkshire cloths were renowned for their capacity to keep out the wet, …
Survey of London
… there was also all the walls of the gallery hanged with cloths of gold and tissue of divers makings, and cloths of silver likewise on both sides; and rich cloths of baudkin of divers colours. There hung also the …