Cherryderry (Charadary, Carridary) was a blended fabric with silk warp and cotton weft, typically with a stripe or check pattern.

History

Cherryderry was a 17th-century fabric.[1][2] Cherryderry was a textile variety in Colonial America. Cherryderry was produced with raw materials imported from India.[3][4][5]

Use

Cherryderry was used for Ladies' dresses and handkerchiefs.[6][3]

References

  1. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
  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. 199. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
  3. 1 2 Staples, Kathleen A.; Shaw, Madelyn C. (2013-06-25). Clothing Through American History: The British Colonial Era. ABC-CLIO. pp. 412, 285, 139. ISBN 978-0-313-08460-7.
  4. "Textiles and Independence in Colonial America". char.txa.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  5. Peck, Amelia (2013). Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-58839-496-5.
  6. Hubbell, Mary Ann; Gibson, Marjorie Hubbell (2008). Hubbell by Choice: The Ancestry of Some Early Connecticut Women. Hubbell Family Historical Society. p. 74.


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