Druggett or drugget is "a coarse woollen fabric felted or woven, self-coloured or printed one side".
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poe ...
refers to being ''"in druggets drest, of thirteen pence a yard"''.
[''The Uffculme wills and inventories: 16th to 18th centuries'', p.272 (Peter Wyatt, Uffculme Archive Group, 1997).]
Formerly, a drugget was a sort of cheap
stuff
Stuff, stuffed, and stuffing may refer to:
*Physical matter
*General, unspecific things, or entities
Arts, media, and entertainment
Books
*''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly (author), Joseph Connolly
*''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jere ...
, very thin and narrow, usually made of
wool
Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool.
As ...
, or half wool and half silk or linen; it may have been corded but was usually plain. The term is now applied to a coarse fabric having a cotton
warp
Warp, warped or warping may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Books and comics
* WaRP Graphics, an alternative comics publisher
* ''Warp'' (First Comics), comic book series published by First Comics based on the play ''Warp!''
* Warp (comics), a ...
and a wool filling, used for rugs, tablecloths, etc.
See also
*
Ratteen
Ratteen (Ratine) was a thick napped twilled woolen material. Ratteen was produced in France, Italy and Holand.
Varieties
There are several varieties of course ratteen, such as drugget, baize and frieze. It was produced in various options; for ...
Notes
References
*
External links
*
*
*
Woollen industry
Printed fabrics
Woven fabrics
Waulked textiles
{{textile-stub