Dimity
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A short encyclopedia entry defining dimity, a figured cotton fabric first made in Spain and used mainly for bed hangings. It gives the etymology of the name from Greek, notes that Massachusetts colonists made dimities and fustians by 1643, and describes the raised and depressed figure or stripe that is reversed on the two faces. It also mentions the finer dimity used for dresses.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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