Diaper (cloth)

Diaper was a damask cloth with small patterns, mostly geometrical such as bird' eye or diamond-shaped.

This article is about the woven cloth. For the type of garment, see Cloth diaper. For other uses, see Diaper (disambiguation).

Etymology

“Diaper” is ultimately derived from the Latin word diasper, meaning rough and uneven, via diasperus, a Low Latin term for a type of cloth.[1]

History

“Diaper” refers to any small geometrical or floral pattern that consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figure or units of design evenly spaced. The term was initially associated with silk with diamond patterns later applied to linen and cotton fabrics of similar designs.[2][3][4]

Structure

The diaper was made of linen and sometimes cotton or a combination of both.[2] It was an absorbent fabric structure.[5]

Use

Diaper was used for table cloth.[6]

See also
  • Diapering is any of a wide range of decorative patterns used in a variety of works of art, such as stained glass, heraldic shields, architecture, and silverwork. Its chief use is in the enlivening of plain surfaces.

References
  1. Britton, John (1838). A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages:: Including Words Used by Ancient and Modern Authors in Treating of Architectural and Other Antiquities: with Etymology, Definition, Description, and Historical Elucidation: Also, Biographical Notices of Ancient Architects. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster Row; and the author, Burton Street. p. 113.
  2. Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York ; London : Norton. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
  3. "Definition of DIAPER". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume VIII Slice IV - Diameter to Dinarchus". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. Denny, Grace G. (Grace Goldena) (1962). Fabrics. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, Lippincott. p. 26.
  6. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue. Spicer brothers. 1851. p. 516.
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