Narrow cloth

A lady weaving Narrow cloth on Back-strap loom

Narrow cloth was a trading term for woolen cloths. Narrow cloths were distinguished in width from Broadcloth. The narrow cloths were different types of fabric woven over a relatively narrow loom and therefore had a narrower width.^[1] Different sources describe distinctive widths for narrow cloths as a rule width more than two yards was called Broadcloth and less than one yard (36 inches), narrow cloth.^[2] Narrow cloth was also designated with width less than 29 inches.^[3]^[4]Geringsing, a double ikat fabric of Bali, is a type of narrow cloth woven on back-strap looms; girls used a variety (anteng) as a breast cloth. ^[5]^[6]

''Narrow ware articles'' and ''Narrow ware woven'' were alternate terms of Narrow fabrics.^[7]

References[]

^ Courts, Witney (England) Borough (1985). Oxfordshire Record Society. Produced for the Society by A. Sutton. pp. LXXCV, XCV. ISBN 978-0-902509-18-4.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alnage" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 01 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 719; lines two and three from end. Owing to the introduction of the alternative standard, a distinction arose between “broadcloth” (cloth of two yards) and “streit” or “strait” (narrow cloth of one yard).
^ Baker, William Henry (1901). Clothes dictionary;. The Library of Congress. Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., Cahn, Wampold & co. p. 27. Narrow Cloth — Trade term for fabrics less than 29 inches wide ; wider cloths called broad
^ Murphy, William S. (1910). The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library. London : The Gresham Publishing Company. p. 20.
^ Fischer, Joseph (1979). Threads of Tradition: Textiles of Indonesia and Sarawak : Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University Art Museum, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, California. University of California. p. 37.
^ Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta; Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta; Nabholz-Kartaschoff, Marie-Louise; Ramseyer, Urs (1997). Balinese Textiles. Periplus Editions (HK) Limited. p. 120. ISBN 978-962-593-158-6.
^ Appeals, United States Court of Customs and Patent (1971). Cases Decided in United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Customs Cases Adjudged in the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The Court. p. 121.

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[1] Courts, Witney (England) Borough (1985). Oxfordshire Record Society. Produced for the Society by A. Sutton. pp. LXXCV, XCV. ISBN 978-0-902509-18-4.

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alnage" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 01 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 719; lines two and three from end. Owing to the introduction of the alternative standard, a distinction arose between “broadcloth” (cloth of two yards) and “streit” or “strait” (narrow cloth of one yard).

[3] Baker, William Henry (1901). Clothes dictionary;. The Library of Congress. Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., Cahn, Wampold & co. p. 27. Narrow Cloth — Trade term for fabrics less than 29 inches wide ; wider cloths called broad

[4] Murphy, William S. (1910). The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library. London : The Gresham Publishing Company. p. 20.

[5] Fischer, Joseph (1979). Threads of Tradition: Textiles of Indonesia and Sarawak : Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University Art Museum, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, California. University of California. p. 37.

[6] Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta; Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta; Nabholz-Kartaschoff, Marie-Louise; Ramseyer, Urs (1997). Balinese Textiles. Periplus Editions (HK) Limited. p. 120. ISBN 978-962-593-158-6.

[7] Appeals, United States Court of Customs and Patent (1971). Cases Decided in United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Customs Cases Adjudged in the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The Court. p. 121.

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