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In a message dated 5/29/04 1:03:35 PM, dezigna@... writes:

<< Are you referring to "Damask" with the pattern the same color as the main
cloth? Damask is used for table cloths a lot. >>

No. That's cool cloth too, and old-timey, but not old-timey enough, and too
thin.

This other stuff is more like toweling, but not terrycloth, more like a fat
version of some dishtowels. My friend who knows the most about weaving is off
being medieval this weekend so I can't call her.<g>

Damask gets particular designs and borders, and though there are raised and
lowered parts, this stuff is more a diaper pattern (in the medieval sense of
diaper, an overall diamond thing).




OH DUH! GOOGLE!!
damask
a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven
into it
a table linen made from linen damask
[denim, dungaree, jean
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric ]
diaper
a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small
repeated figures

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DIAPER CLOTH is a twill, dobby or plain woven absorbent cotton.

I knew the term from illumination/painting, so it's the same in cloth.

From an inventory of 18th C. Gunston Hall Plantation in Maryland:
1 Dozn fine diaper Napkin IwL 1 to 12 2.15.--
1 fine Diaper Table cloth IwL No 12 1. 5. 4[?]

(Sorry to be talking to myself this way with my hands on the list, but it
helps me know the name of what I was trying to talk about before.)


Sandra