Regency Fashion Glossary

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Popular Regency Colors

APOLLO: bright DUST OF RUINS: MORONE: peony gold.(1823) squirrel. (1822) red. (1811) AURORA: chili- EGYPTIAN POMONA: sea green. colored. (1809) BROWN: mace. (1811) AETHERIAL: sky (1809) PRINCESS blue. (1820) ESTERHAZY: silver ELIZABETH LILAC: AZURE: sky blue. grey. (1822) Alice blue . (1812) (1820) ISABELLA: cream. RUSSIAN FLAME: BARBEL: sky blue. (1822) pale mastic. (1811) (1820) LAVENDER: SPRING: Cossack CAMELEOPARD : between heliotrope green . (1810) French beige. (1825) and parma. (1824) TERRE D'EGYPTE: CLARENCE: sky MARIE LOUISE: brick red.(1824) blue. (1820) calamine blue. (1812) VIOLET: parma DEVONSHIRE MEXICAN: steel violet BROWN: mastic blue. (1817) (1812)

Glossary of Fabrics used during the Regency

ALLIBALLI: Indian GROS DE NAPLES: PARAMATTA: type muslin. corded Italian silk of bombazine with ANDALUSIAN: looking much like weft of worsted and washing silk with Irish poplin. Later cotton warp, used for broche pattern. used synon with mourning. ANGLO-MERINO: lutestring PERKALE: cambric near fine muslin, GROD D'HIVER: silk muslin. made from merino between tabby and PERSIAN: very thin flock and paduasoy. silk, almost manufactured in IMPERIAL GAUZE: transparent. Norwich. open guaze with white PLUSH: shaggy hair ANGOLA: aka new warp and colored type of silk with a lama cloth; waft. long soft nap which manufactured from IPSIBOE: yellow resembles fur. llama hair. crepe. POPLIN: rep made of ARMOZEAU: silk, JACCONET: thin silk warp and wool or much like lutestring cotton; mix between worsted weft, with but thinner. muslin and cambric. fine surface cord; ARMOZEEN: stout Called nainsook either borcaded, black silk. today. watered, or plain. BAREGE: KERSEYMERE: Three classes: single, semi-transparent twilled fine wool with double or terry.

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working of silk and 1/3 warp above, 2/3 POULT DE SOIE: wool; open meshed. warp below weft. pure rich corded silk. BATISTE: dressed KINGKOB: Indian PULLCAT: printed cotton muslin with muslin, gauze or silk, muslin or cotton wiry finish. embroidered in silver manufactured in BOMBAZET: plain or gold. Pulicat. twilled worsted, most KLUTEEN: striped REP.: made of silk or used for mourning French silk used for silk and wool, or wool dress. spencers and pelisses. only, with thick cord, BOMBAZINE: warp LENO: transparent horizontal ribbing, and of silk, weft of fabric made from resembling poplin. worsted, with twilled linen thread. REP-BLUET: dark appearance LEVANTINE: twilled blue silk with BRAZILIAN sarcenet. cornflowers in black CORDED LINSEY: coarse mix satin. SARCENET: colored of wool and flax. REP-SARCENET: sarcenet with thick LISSE: silk, between gros de white satin cord uncrimped gauze. Naples and fine cut interwoven. LOVE: thin silk used French velvet. BROCADE: silk or for ribbons, with ROSADIMOI: dead other fabric with narrow satin stripes. silk with pattern of pattern formed by LUSTRE: thin poplin monochrome flowers. extra weft. of silk and worsted. SARCENET: thin BROCHE: velvet or LUTESTRING: fine silk-like fabric in plain satin fabric with satin corded glossy silk or twill. figure on face. fabric. SATIN: silk twill with CALAMANCO: MARCELLA: cotton glossy face and dull cotton or worsted quilting or coarse back. Brilliancy textile with glazed, pique with diaper augmented by twilled or plain patter in relief. dressing. appearance. MERINO: thin wool SATINET: of silk and CALEDONIAN twill, from Spanish wool with satin stripe. SILK: poplin-like merino ship. SERGE: loose weave fabric with silkier Sometimes blend of of twill with warp of surface, having wool and silk. worsted. checked pattern on MERINO CREPE: SHAGREEN: silk white background. mix of silk and with grained grove. CAMLET: fabric worsted to produce SHALLOON: loosely from wool and hair, shot effect. woven worsted, silk and hair, in both MISTAKE: shaded twilled on both sides. plain or twilled silk used for ribbons. SICILIENNE: fine fashion. MOHAIR: fabric quality poplin of silk CASHMERE: twilled constructed of Angora and cashmere wool. worsted from Tibetan coat hair and woven SILESIA: fine brown goat hair. with silk, wool, or glazed linen, used for CHINA CREPE: raw cotten. linings. silk which is gummed MOIRE ANTIQUE: TABBINET: watered and twisted, thicker heavy watered gros poplin. than ordinary crepe. grain, waterred in TABBY: coarse silk CHINE SILK: silk irregular waves. taffeta, thick, watered with a "run" pattern. MORAVIAN WORK: and glossy.

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CRAPE/CREPE: cut work with TAFFETA: thin glossy transparent crimped buttonholed edges; silk with wavy silk gauze. forerunner of broderie texture. CREPE DE CHINE: anglaise. TERRENDAM: very soft China crepe. MOUSSELAINE DE Indian muslin. DAMASK: fabric of SOIE: fine soft silk TERRY VELVET: silk silk or linen, with If you camefabric in through with muslin-like the back door, with fine corded pattern in reverseyou'll on find themesh. Regency main page below:surface on face. There back. MUSLIN: fine, thin is NO resemblance to DIMITY: stout cotton semi-transparent velvet. with raised pattern on cotton. Main types THE UNION: mix of one side, sometimes are: 1) Book, which is silk and cotton. printed, and You'llin plain find Romancelike swissReader but at coarser; Heart Home here:TIFFANY: thin or twilled fashion. 2) Indian, which is transparent silk FOULARD: soft, soft, thin, silky and resembling gauze. light, twilled washing opaque; 3) Leno, TOILONETTE: fine silk. which is open and wool somewhat like GALATEA: strong, stiff; 4) Madras, merino. firm striped cotton which has a TULLE: fine silk net. woven to look like transparent ground TURIN GAUZE: linen. with a darned pattern gauze woven of raw GAUZE: fabric in thick soft thread; 5) silk. woven from silk, silk Mull, much like TUSSORE SILK: soft and flax, or cotton; Indian but not as raw Indian silk fabric. delicate and silky; 6) Organdy, a UNION: material transparent. Variations soft opaque muslin made from mix of were made in Indian, with raised spots linen and cotton, Chinese, French, worked in, and 7) dressed and stiffened. English and Scotch. Swiss, a nearly VELETINE: small GINGHAM: transparent muslin figured silk fabric. checkered cloth made with a hard finish. VELOURS BROCHE: originally in linen, NAINSOOK: delicate satin pattern on velvet then later in cotton. muslin. back. GLACE SILK: plain NANKEEN: yellow VELOURS silk with lustrous tinted cloth. EPINGLE: Terry quality. NET: open fabric with velvet. GRANITE: type of holes made from VICTORIA CREPE: chenille fabric used knotting. crepe made of cotton. for headdress. NORWICH CREPE: VIGOGNE: all wool GRENADINE: open fabric with silk warp cloth, twilled and in silk or silk and wool and worsted weft in neutral colors. gauze much like two shades of the WINSEY: cotton and barege but with more same color; much like wool mix, resembling mesh. Produced in bombazine but not linsey. many varied varieties. twilled. GROGRAM: aka gros PADUASOY: strong, grain. rich silk. GROS OR GROS GRAIN: rich silk with cord showing from selvedge to selvedge.

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