Dornix

This article is about a woven cloth. For other uses, see Dornick (disambiguation).

Room at Plas Mawr, the walls hung with reproduction Dornix

Dornix, also known as dornicks and darnacle, is name used for woollen and linen fabrics, first used in the 16th century. ^[1]

Woollen dornix

Dornix originated in the Belgian town of Tournai (Doornik in Flemish) in the 15th century and was made from a combination of wool and linen. ^[2] It was a coarse cloth, similar to kersey, and used on beds, hangings, curtains and similar purposes. ^[3] It was popular in middle-class English homes in the 15th century. ^[4] Manufacture spread to the Flemish town of Lille, and to Norwich in England, where substantial manufacture continued until the 18th century. ^[5]

Dornick linens

Dornick (also spelled dornock ^[6] Dornec or Darnec ^[7] ) was a strong linen damask used for table cloth, wall hangings, etc. Dornick also originated at Tournai. ^{[8] [9] [10]} A similar fabric was Dorrock; ^[11] the names Dornock and Dorrock are associated with Scotland. ^{[8] [10]}

Accounts mention a variety of Dornick linens, available in different qualities. "Diaper dornick", "fine Scottish dornick", "Scottish narrow dornick", and "Dunfermline dornick" linens for table cloths and napkins were supplied to the Master of King's Pantry for James VI and I in the 1590s. ^[12] Dornix or Dornick table linens were made in a number of Scottish centres, especially at Dunfermline. The association of the word with the name of the town Dornoch is erroneous. ^[13]

Bibliography

• Humphries, Peter (2006). "Heritage Interpretation and Cadw". In Hems, Alison; Blockley, Marion (eds.). Heritage Interpretation. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 71–82. ISBN   9780415237963.
• Kerridge, Eric (1985). Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN   978-0-7190-2632-4.

References

1. Clive Edwards, "Dornix", Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices, 1200–1950 (Lund Humphreys, 2007), p. 79.
2. Humphries 2006 , p. 78; Kerridge 1985 , p. 22
3. Kerridge 1985 , p. 22
4. Humphries 2006 , p. 78
5. Kerridge 1985 , pp. 22–23
6. Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund, eds. (1989). The Oxford English Dictionary. Vol. IV. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 964. ISBN   978-0-19-861186-8.
7. Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. New York: Fairchild Publications. 1959. p. 184.
8. Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne); Saward, Blanche C. (1882). The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. London : L. Upcott Gill. p. 154.
9. Dent, Susie (2012), "Dornick" , Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, Chambers Harrap Publishers, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199990009.001.0001, ISBN   978-0-19-999000-9 , retrieved 2021-06-12
10. "Webster's 1913". Websters1913.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
11. Webster, Thomas; Parkes, Mrs William (1845). An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy ... Harper & Brothers. p. 951.
12. George Powell McNeill, Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, 22 (Edinburgh, 1923), pp. 153, 234.
13. Clive Edwards, Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices, 1200–1950 (Lund Humphreys, 2007), p. 79.