Bays
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A short encyclopedia entry defining bays as an open woollen stuff with a long nap, sometimes frizzed. It describes manufacture on a two-treadle loom like flannel, chiefly at Colchester and Bocking in Essex, and notes export to Spain, Portugal and Italy. It also covers uses (clothing for monks and nuns, linings, backing for mirrors, case linings) and standard dimensions.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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