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Post by TRK on Sept 21, 2009 15:24:45 GMT -5
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Post by mustanggray on Sept 22, 2009 8:50:14 GMT -5
Ahh, but do note that it is not tied like most folks will tie them today(it's tied in the front). And also this fellow is coming in from/or going to work the fields. But really, where does that tie into readymade goods? Oh, I've seen handkerchiefs for sale before... guess that does it! SMc
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Post by marklemon on Sept 22, 2009 9:39:45 GMT -5
If you look at Sidney Mounts paintings of farmers and laborers you'll see a number of them in frockcoats and vests in the fields or at some other chore and I believe this would've been seen/played out during the revolution as well. SMc Ahh, but do note that it is not tied like most folks will tie them today(it's tied in the front). And also this fellow is coming in from/or going to work the fields. But really, where does that tie into readymade goods? Oh, I've seen handkerchiefs for sale before... guess that does it! SMc The farmer seems to have his tied at at least two locations, not just the front. I only mentioned the detail from the painting because you first brought up Mount's work in an earlier post. Also, I was not necessarily saying that this had anything to do with ready made goods, just that this was an interesting detail Mount is showing us of a method of wearing a rag, or handkerchief on one's head as far back as the 1830's.
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Post by mustanggray on Sept 22, 2009 9:48:05 GMT -5
I noticed something I've not seen in that particular painting before(Truant Gamblers)... one of the boys is holding his hat, and it appears to be a bell crown topper though of felt or straw I can't say for sure. Pretty cool, a kid with a topper! SMc
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Post by stuart on Sept 22, 2009 11:42:36 GMT -5
The Artful Dodger
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Post by billchemerka on Sept 25, 2009 8:12:52 GMT -5
And there's a round-about connection between Mount and inventories of shipped goods... Mount's concentration on people rather than landscapes placed him a critical step behind such Hudson River School artists like Durand, Bierstadt, Church, Cole, Gifford, et al. He emerges more akin to painters like Woodville, Sommer, Deas, and, of course, Bingham, who provided detailed glimpses of individuals. Mount also provides a look at women's fashion in the early 1830s via his Costume Sketch. In Mount's California News (1850), a clipper ship poster features the Loo Choo. That ship shared the oceans with the David Crockett for two years until it went down on July 15, 1855 in Oregon waters. Here's another oceanic roster of goods that may be of interest,, although there is an obvious 13-year gap between the Texas Revolution and this 1849 report: April 5: Alta California, April 5, 1849 NEW GOODS. Now landing from bark Asenath, direct from Liverpool, expressly selected for the California markets, and for sale on reasonable terms, by the undersigned: Dry goods. 31 to 37 inches white sheetings, 7-8 and 9-8 two blue prints, cotton bed ticking, union plain and colored drills, Denims; as'd plain and fig'd summer cloths; 72 and 74 inch green billiard cloths, 9-8 col'd fancy prints, 7-8 cintz furniter, 9-8 col'd muslins, 9-8 plain turkey reds, 7-8 d'laine dresses, woolen cloths, plain and regatta shirts, slops, woolen caps, blankets, bayetas, mottled and fancy drills, fastings, cape do., princettas, imperial crapes, panos de costa, romales, grandrellis, imitation venitian blinds, blue pilots, green baizes, mixed cassinetts, carpetings, fancy union tweeds, a'd fustians, gloves, hosiery, cotton and union frings, as'd lacles, candlewick, silk velvets, silk handkerchiefs, check adn book muslins, suspenders, as'd parasols and umbrellas, lutestring and satin ribbons, sewing cotton, longcloths, fancy vestings, serges, Hollands, diaper, huckaback cloutings, linens, osnaburgs . . . the list included an extensive amount of hardware such as iron gates, ploughs, sash tools, planes, rules, hooks and hinges, glaziers diamonds, silver pencil cases, percussion caps . . . and Earthenware. Consisting of as'd soup and dinnerplates, bowls, jugs, cups and saucers, eweers adn basins, dishes, teapots, etc. And Naval stores, groceries, wines, etc. Paints, paint-oil, tar, refined sugar, currants, mustard, pickles, peppper, vinegar, sauces, Sherry and port wine, champagne, claret, Geneva, brandy, rum, ale, pipes, slates, bricks, coal, tobacco . . .
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Post by marklemon on Sept 25, 2009 9:44:29 GMT -5
Bill's post covering a manifest in 1849 raises a question I've had for a while....Does anyone know when cotton ticking (the woven cotton cloth with a striped pattern, usually used for pillows and mattresses) was first introduced? I have searched the internet several times with little success, although I did find a fascinating, but long, account of the history of cotton manufacturing in America at this link: narvellstrickland1.tripod.com/cottonmillhistory2/index1.html
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Post by mustanggray on Sept 25, 2009 10:34:52 GMT -5
Mark,
I'll check with a friend who has a really good book covering all sorts of textiles and their histories. A friend of mine found a reference to one of the San Patricio colonists making trousers from striped ticking during or just prior to the revolution. Let me see what I can find.
Bill,
Cool list of goods... I wonder what a "regatta shirt" is? Guess I'm off to google it!
SMc
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Post by billchemerka on Sept 25, 2009 10:58:49 GMT -5
Mark, I'll check with a friend who has a really good book covering all sorts of textiles and their histories. A friend of mine found a reference to one of the San Patricio colonists making trousers from striped ticking during or just prior to the revolution. Let me see what I can find. Bill, Cool list of goods... I wonder what a "regatta shirt" is? Guess I'm off to google it! SMc Mark: Linen ticking was a ubiquitous fabric in the 18th century; cotton ticking less pervasive. Cotton ticking became more popular around the turn of the 19th century, coinciding with Whitney's Gin. Ticking fabrics have many uses including being very good muzzleloading gun patches. Mustanggray: Regatta shirts were a type of mid-19th century striped shirt. By the late 19th century they sometimes featured white collars and cuffs. Think Gordon Gekko meets Brian Wilson (ca. 1965).
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Post by bobdurham on Sept 25, 2009 12:11:21 GMT -5
Evidently, ticking fabric also made good trousers -- witness the Louisiana Tigers of Civil War fame.
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Post by greatbigmike on Jun 7, 2010 13:40:46 GMT -5
TEXAS BUTTONS. - Just Received from New Orleans, a supply of Texas Uniform Buttons, for the army, of the best finish, and most handsome appearance. For sale by HULL & CARLOS, Columbia.
December 17, 1836- 47-8t
TEXAS Telegraph and Texas Register: 11 January, 1837.
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Post by greatbigmike on Jun 7, 2010 13:41:26 GMT -5
NEW GOODS- Just Received The subscribers have just imported direct from New York, a large and extensive stock of DRY GOODS and CLOTHING – among which, are Blankets, Flannels and Rugs: Hats, Boots and Shirts: Stocks, Cravats, Suspenders and Pocket Handkerchiefs: Checks, Muslins, and printed Callicoes; French and English Merino Cloths for ladies’ dresses and clocks: figured do. (a new beautiful article) article) English, French and Italian Black and colored Silks for dresses; Shows, Dress Handkerchiefs and Lined Cambrie: Pocket do. Pongee and Madras do.; and an assortment of ladies’ and gentlemen’s long and half Hose. ALSO-An extensive assortment of HARDWARE and CUTLERY of the best kind; among which, are Percussion and Flint Guns and Rifles; Bowie, Dirk and Pocket Knives, a great variety: fine and superfine Razors, in double and single cases; breakfast, dinner and desert Knives and Folks, in sets of fifty-one pieces each, common do. At various prices. ALSO-Coppers and Carpenteers Tools, of all sorts: Farming implements, &c. &c. all of which they offer for sale on the most reasonable terms, at their store in Brazoria. H. MCGREAL&CO. Brazoria, December 12, 1836-47-tf
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Post by greatbigmike on Jun 7, 2010 13:45:21 GMT -5
The Republican March 4, 1836
Fresh goods HANDY & LUSK Have just received, and are now opening a very general assortment of Goods, calculated for HOME Consumption, comprising in part, the following articles-all of which they will offer for sale on very reasonable terms- For Cash.
Point, Rose and Duffle Blankets English Merino’s and Bombazets Flannels, Satines and Kerseys, French, London & American Prints English and French Ginghams, French and English painted Muslins, Black and Fancy colored Silks, Ladies Black & white Silk Hose, Do do Cotton and Worsted Hoes, (sic) Gloves, Fancy Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, &c. &c. Every variety of Bleached and unbleached Domestic, Bed, Ticks Checks, &c. &c. Ready made clothing of every Description, An extensive assortment of Boots Shoes and Hats. A few Holster and Pocket Pistols. French Brandy, Gin, Rum, Whiskey and Wines. Flour, Coffee, Salt, Candles, &c. Brazoria, Jan 6th, 1836 – 6w-68
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Post by greatbigmike on Jun 7, 2010 13:55:30 GMT -5
TELEGRAPH AND TEXAS REGISTER January 11, 1837.
JUST RECEIVED
And for sale on commission , for cash only, by H. F. Armstrong and P.P. Borden, a good assortment of dry goods, spirits, wines, ready made clothing, & c. consisting of shirts of various kinds: Peterson overcoats; pilot cloth, do., blue and green blanket overcoats; broad cloth, Kentucky jean, and sattinet round jackets; Spanish round jackets; a large assortment of pantaloons and vest, adapted to the season; worsted , wool and cotton socks; paper of all kinds; blank transfers, powers of attorney, &c. Ms. Holley's Texas; powder, lead and shot; martin caps; otter do.; seal do. good French blankets; ladies' and gentlemen's shoes; fine and pot-metal boots; a variety of good and superior fur hats; 200,000 percussion caps; coffee, tea, sugar, flour and rice of superior quality; raisins, tobacco, and soap; superior brandy, gin, rum, rectified whiskey, wine and porter. Columbia
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