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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… SULTANE, TABBY, TAFFETA, TAMMY, TAPE, THREAD, VALANCE, VELVET, WADMAL, WAISTCOAT, WASHING LACE, WATCHET, WILDBORE, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The chief articles were fustian, jean, and thickset: velvet, entirely of cotton, was first made here in 1756, and …
A New History of London
… led by major general Brown. Another troop of 200, in velvet coats, attended by footmen in purple liveries. … liverymen of the city companies, on horseback, in black velvet coats and gold chains, each company having footmen in …
A New History of London
… Where mutch people I sawe for to stande; One ofred me velvet sylke and lawne, An othere he taketh me by the haunde, …
A New History of London
… are nine marble panels; the table is covered with crimson velvet, and above are six windows, in two series. The floor …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in this sense Sources: Inventories (mid-period). Branched velvet [branchd velvet] See EMBROIDERED - VELVET. Not in the OED as such Found defined as OLD Found in …
Old and New London
… of cricket, or of those who desire a quiet stroll over its velvet-like turf. Pleasure-fairs, too, were held here on Good …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… chancel and the Yate chapel, and donated a silver paten, velvet furnishings, and brass sconces. 24 The 14th-century …
Survey of London
… curtains of white mohair with chequered borders of purple velvet and central medallion portraits of Artaxerxes. …