Holland cloth
The name Holland cloth, or simply Holland can refer to one of two types of fabric:[1]
- a plainwoven or dull-finish linen used as furniture covering
- a cotton or linen fabric made more or less opaque by a glazed or unglazed finish (the Holland finish)
First documented in English in 1427,[2] the name originally applied to any fine, plainwoven linens imported from Europe, and particularly from the Netherlands.[3][4]
Holland cloth is used for window shades, insulation, labels and tags, sign cloth, etc.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Holland cloth". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) - "A hard-wearing, plain-woven linen fabric originally made in the Netherlands, used esp. for making clothing, bedding, and towels and for covering furniture; (in later use also) a smooth cotton or linen fabric treated with a mixture of oil and sizing or starch to give it an opaque finish, used esp. for making window blinds."
- ^ "Holland cloth". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "Holland (cloth)". Britannica. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
Originally the name was applied to any fine, plainwoven linens imported from the continent of Europe, and especially to the product obtained from the Netherlands.
- ^ Peck, Amelia (2013). Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-58839-496-5.
The earliest records of textiles shipped to North America, specifically to New England, [include] European-woven linens like 'holland cloth [...]' [...].
- ^ "Holland (cloth)". Britannica. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
Holland is used for window shades, insulation, labels and tags, sign cloth, and the like.