'Woad to this' & the cloth trade in Frome

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

'Woad to this' & the cloth trade in Frome

Entry/Object ID

TP925.W8.G75 2017

Lexicon

Search Terms

dye industry--england, textile industry--england, textile industry--history, woad, indigo industry

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Carolyn Griffiths, Frome Society for Local Study

Publisher

Frome Society for Local Study

Place Published

City

Frome, England

Date Published

2017

Call No.

TP925.W8.G75

ISBN

993060552, 9780993060557

Notes

Length: 284

General Notes

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Contents

Note

Preface -- 'Woad to this' -- Woad & indigo dyeing -- Wallbridge dyehouse -- Welshmill dyehouse -- Frome - a cloth town -- 18th century dye workshops -- Frome clothiers & workers -- Woad & dye trades -- The wool trade -- Making cloth -- The cloth trade -- The white cloth trade -- The fine cloth trade -- A factor's correspondence -- The decline of trade -- Glossary.