Category Archives: weaving

Sallied Forth In Your Drawers

Posted on June 13, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

In October 1900, when asked his opinion on what ‘national costume’ should be adopted in a soon-to-be-independent Ireland, the Republican Pádraig Pearse had this to say: Frankly I should much prefer to see you arrayed in a kilt, although it may be … Continue reading →

Posted in bog clothes, clothing, colour, dublin, ireland, kilts, knitting, laws, leather, men's clothing, national costume, ninth century, patrick pearse, personalities, school uniform, seventeenth century, stockings, trousers, twentieth century, weaving, wool | 12 Comments

To Drag Free Citizens to the Tenter-fields, and There to Torment Them

Posted on April 12, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

Possibly the only portrait of John Rocque – this upperclass man with his ‘way-wiser’ is drawn in his map of Middlesex – source. In 1754, John Rocque came to Dublin. In 1756, he produced the four-sheet Exact survey of the city and suburbs … Continue reading →

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Micks and Machines

Posted on January 25, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

This quote is from the first annual report of the CDB, written in 1892, by William Lawson Micks (see this link too). “The aiding and developing of spinning, weaving, knitting, and other industrial handicrafts must be recognised, even after a little … Continue reading →

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