Handkerchief/Bandana source
Aug 4, 2012 18:14:05 GMT -7
Post by Rod on Aug 4, 2012 18:14:05 GMT -7
Although the black silk handkerchief was very common throughout the fur trade, the cotton handkerchief--often resist dyed-- is frequently found on trade lists as well.
6 2/3 pieces Romal hdkfs [Astoria sale inventory]
1 Blue Bandana Handkerchief [Robert Campbell account book, sold to George Holmes, June 28, 1832---as an aside, this is the same George Holmes that was bitten by a rabid wolf at the rendezvous, and later went mad. See Larpenteur, Forty Years]
Handkerchiefs, bandana
Handkerchiefs, blue romal
Handkerchiefs, blue bandana
Handkerchiefs, crimson or scarlet ground
Handkerchiefs, Madrass cotton for neck
Handkerchiefs, Turkey red for neck
[above from Ft. Union inventories, 1832-34]
Whilst reading Nathan Kobuck's blog, he notes that Burnley & Trowbridge are currently reproducing resist-dyed cotton handkerchiefs.
buffalotrace1765.blogspot.com/
www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/
Well, I couldn't resist (I can hear the groans now! I never could resist a good pun--there, did it again!), so I bought both a red and a blue handkerchiefs. They arrived a couple of days ago, and I'm impressed. Nicely woven material, and nice resist-dyed patterns. Roughly a yard square, so they're good sized for a neck cloth, and the hems are hand-finished--no machine stitching here. Well worth the money, in my opinion. Now I can be right in style at rendezvous--just ask George Holmes!
Rod
6 2/3 pieces Romal hdkfs [Astoria sale inventory]
1 Blue Bandana Handkerchief [Robert Campbell account book, sold to George Holmes, June 28, 1832---as an aside, this is the same George Holmes that was bitten by a rabid wolf at the rendezvous, and later went mad. See Larpenteur, Forty Years]
Handkerchiefs, bandana
Handkerchiefs, blue romal
Handkerchiefs, blue bandana
Handkerchiefs, crimson or scarlet ground
Handkerchiefs, Madrass cotton for neck
Handkerchiefs, Turkey red for neck
[above from Ft. Union inventories, 1832-34]
Whilst reading Nathan Kobuck's blog, he notes that Burnley & Trowbridge are currently reproducing resist-dyed cotton handkerchiefs.
buffalotrace1765.blogspot.com/
www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/
Well, I couldn't resist (I can hear the groans now! I never could resist a good pun--there, did it again!), so I bought both a red and a blue handkerchiefs. They arrived a couple of days ago, and I'm impressed. Nicely woven material, and nice resist-dyed patterns. Roughly a yard square, so they're good sized for a neck cloth, and the hems are hand-finished--no machine stitching here. Well worth the money, in my opinion. Now I can be right in style at rendezvous--just ask George Holmes!
Rod
