Dornix, also known as dornicks and darnacle, is a wool and linen fabric, first used in the 16th century.

Room at Plas Mawr, the walls hung with reproduction Dornix

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.[1] It was a coarse cloth, similar to kersey, and used on beds, hangings, curtains and similar purposes.[2] It was popular in middle-class English homes in the 15th century.[3] Manufacture spread to the Flemish town of Lille, and to Norwich in England, where substantial manufacture continued until the 18th century.[4]

Dornick edit

Dornick (also spelled dornock[5] Dornec or Darnec[6]) was a strong linen damask used for table cloth, wall hangings, etc. Dornick also originated at Tournai.[7][8][9] A similar fabric was Dorrock;[10] the names Dornock and Dorrock are associated with Scotland.[7][9]

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

  1. ^ Humphries 2006, p. 78; Kerridge 1985, p. 22
  2. ^ Kerridge 1985, p. 22
  3. ^ Humphries 2006, p. 78
  4. ^ Kerridge 1985, pp. 22–23
  5. ^ Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund, eds. (1989). The Oxford English Dictionary. Vol. IV. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 964. ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
  6. ^ Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. Internet Archive. New York, Fairchild Publications. 1959. p. 184.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ a b "Webster's 1913". www.websters1913.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  10. ^ Webster, Thomas; Parkes, Mrs William (1845). An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy ... Harper & Brothers. p. 951.