Ratteen or ratine[1] was[when?] a thick napped twilled woolen material.[2][3] Ratteen was produced in France, Italy and Holland.[1] There are several varieties of coarse ratteen, such as drugget, baize and frieze. It was produced in various options; for instance, similar to broadcloth, without shearing the pile and, another one was with friezed nap surface. There was also a mix of wool and linen in 50% ratio. Rattinet (ratinet) was a thinner variety of ratteen.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. 331. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
  2. ^ Bly, Antonio T.; Haygood, Tamia (2014-12-24). Escaping Servitude: A Documentary History of Runaway Servants in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Lexington Books. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-7391-9275-7.
  3. ^ White, Philip L. (1956). The Beekmans of New York in Politics and Commerce, 1647-1877. New-York Historical Society under a grant from the Beekman Family Association. p. 653.
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