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Cotton Corduroy
(Suitable for Skirts, Pants, Suits, Jackets, Jumpers)

History of Corduroy

“A kind of coarse durable cotton fabric, having a piled surface, like that of velvet, raised in cords, ridges, or ribs” (Merriam Webster). It was made with an extra weft for the pile.

The character of corduroy has not changed greatly since the late 18th century. The name derives from “Corde du roi, the kings cord”. It was made either twilled or plain in several Qualities, “olives, drabs, slates, fawns, and white.” There is mention of a great variety of cotton velvets made in the Manchester area as “strong cotton ribs and barragon, broad-raced lin(en) thicksets and tufts” (Aikin). James Beekman first referred to it by name along with jeans, dimities, pillows, and velverets in a London order for goods dated 1784, his first order after the Revolution.