Anabasse
Anabasse was a coarse woolen material, a kind of blanketing made in France and the Netherlands for the African market,[1][2][3][4] or a type of coarse blanketing made in Lancashire using a wool warp and a cotton weft.[5]
History[edit]
The term originally meant a type of striped loincloth manufactured in India.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ New York State Library. New York State Education Department. 1908. p. 11.
- ^ Blakely, Edward T. (1878). A Handy Dictionary of Commercial Information. Simpkin, Marshall. p. 14.
- ^ Whitney, William Dwight (1889). The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. Century Company. p. 191.
- ^ New York State Library. New York State Education Department. 1908. p. 796.
- ^ a b Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York ; London : Norton. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
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