Dornix
Dornix, also known as dornicks and darnacle, is name used for woollen and linen fabrics, first used in the 16th century.[1]
Woollen dornix
[edit]Dornix originated in the Belgian town of Tournai (Doornik in Flemish) in the 15th century and was made from a combination of wool and linen.[2] It was a coarse cloth, similar to kersey, and used on beds, hangings, curtains and similar purposes.[3] It was popular in middle-class English homes in the 15th century.[4] Manufacture spread to the Flemish town of Lille, and to Norwich in England, where substantial manufacture continued until the 18th century.[5]
Dornick linens
[edit]Dornick (also spelled dornock[6] Dornec or Darnec[7]) was a strong linen damask used for table cloth, wall hangings, etc. Dornick also originated at Tournai.[8][9][10] A similar fabric was Dorrock;[11] the names Dornock and Dorrock are associated with Scotland.[8][10] Dornix or Dornick table linens were made in a number of Scottish centres, especially at Dunfermline, but the association of the word with the name of the town Dornoch is erroneous.[12]
Bibliography
[edit]- Humphries, Peter (2006). "Heritage Interpretation and Cadw". In Hems, Alison; Blockley, Marion (eds.). Heritage Interpretation. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 71–82. ISBN 9780415237963.
- Kerridge, Eric (1985). Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2632-4.
References
[edit]- ^ Clive Edwards, "Dornix", Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices, 1200–1950 (Lund Humphreys, 2007), p. 79.
- ^ Humphries 2006, p. 78; Kerridge 1985, p. 22
- ^ Kerridge 1985, p. 22
- ^ Humphries 2006, p. 78
- ^ Kerridge 1985, pp. 22–23
- ^ Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund, eds. (1989). The Oxford English Dictionary. Vol. IV. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 964. ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
- ^ Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. New York: Fairchild Publications. 1959. p. 184.
- ^ a b Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne); Saward, Blanche C. (1882). The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. London : L. Upcott Gill. p. 154.
- ^ Dent, Susie (2012), "Dornick", Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, Chambers Harrap Publishers, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199990009.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-999000-9, retrieved 2021-06-12
- ^ a b "Webster's 1913". www.websters1913.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ Webster, Thomas; Parkes, Mrs William (1845). An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy ... Harper & Brothers. p. 951.
- ^ Clive Edwards, Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices, 1200–1950 (Lund Humphreys, 2007), p. 79.