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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Todd GrayPublisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society Imprint: Devon & Cornwall Record Society Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780901853639ISBN 10: 0901853631 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 19 February 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction CLAUDE PASSAVANT AND EXETER Claude Passavant Exeter in the 1760s CLOTH MANUFACTURE Claude Passavant's dispatch book: an analysis Exeter's cloth merchants and industry in the 1760s The Incorporation of Fullers, Weavers and Shearmen, in 1764 Exeter's fulling mills in the mid eighteenth century The archaeology of the cloth industry in Exeter Cloth dyes and dyeing in the eighteenth century An outline history of the Exeter dyers Exeter lead cloth merchants' seals - a provisional listing Tillet blocks CLOTH Tiverton's woollen cloth trade in the 1760s Sandfords PATTERN BOOKS Westcountry pattern books Norwich pattern books, pattern cards and patterns Folding pattern cards: marketing Lancashire fustians in the 1780s THE DISPATCH BOOK Appendix 1: The Topsham bale book, 1763 Appendix 2: The cloth account of John Hern of Ashburton, 1771-76 Appendix 3: Letter of Claude Passavant to Henry Pelham, 16 October 1752 Appendix 4: Letter of John Siper to Thomas Windeatt, 5 July 1756 Appendix 5: Four Devon dye recipes, c.1710Reviewsa well rounded detailed study of various aspects of the wool trade and cloth production in Exeter and surrounding area, based on a variety of sources, placing Exeter and Devon in comparison to other English textile centres of the period like Norfolk or Manchester. * The Journal of Dress History * a well rounded detailed study of various aspects of the wool trade and cloth production in Exeter and surrounding area, based on a variety of sources, placing Exeter and Devon in comparison to other English textile centres of the period like Norfolk or Manchester. * The Journal of Dress History * Taken as a whole, this handsomely-produced and very readable volume adds significantly to what was previously known about Devon clothmaking and can serve as a comprehensive handbook for those coming to the subject for the first time. -- Local Historian Author InformationTODD GRAY MBE is Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of a number of volumes on Exeter and Devon including William Birchynshaw's Map of Exeter, 1743 and The Chronicle of Exeter, 1205-1722. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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