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09:28 Nov 17, 2012 |
French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Anthropology / Slavery and clothing | |||||||
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4 +1 | name of a city in Brittany |
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4 | Vitre linens |
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3 | Vitré sailcloth |
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petites toiles utilisée pour les voiles |
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toiles de vitré name of a city in Brittany Explanation: same as toile de Nîmes turned into Denim |
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Vitré sailcloth Explanation: Note that canvas for sails is often referred to as 'sailcoth' when used for clothing (and obviously of a lighter grade!) Note too that 'toile' can be various different kinds of woven cotton (etc.) fabrics, i.e. not only confined to the basic meaning of 'canvas'. |
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Vitre linens Explanation: What were called Vitre linens, were coarse hempen tow-cloths, which remained unbleached, it being a loss of time to perfect them. The manufacture of these was carried on in some thirty villages in the vicinity of Vitre, and the traders of that town bought them whole-sale and retailed them in Saint Malo, Rennes, and Nantes, whence they were exported for foreign consumption. Reference: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-weiss/history-... |
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Reference: petites toiles utilisée pour les voiles Reference information: La Manufacture de Toiles à Voile : Dès le 14ème siècle, les habitants de Locronan fabriquent des toiles à voiles. A partir du 15ème siècle, la région se spécialise dans la production et le travail de chanvre et accessoirement du lin. Le 16 ème siècle semble être le siècle d'or pour les toiles de locronan. Deux fois plus longues et plus larges que leurs concurrentes, elles équipent les vaisseaux du roi de France. En Espagne, elles ont le monopole de la marine de guerre. On les retrouve en Angleterre, en Belgique. Au 17ème siècle, les toiles de Locronan tiennent toujours la 1ère place malgré la concurrence des Voiles de Vitré et des toiles de Hollande. Locronan se taille la part du lion dans les achats de la marine royale de Colbert. La Compagnie des Indes choisit aussi les toiles de Locronan. La fin du 18ème siècle verra le début de la décadence de l'industrie toilière de Locronan. La manufacture ne saura pas s'adapter aux nouveaux vaisseaux qui exigent des voiles de plus en plus grandes. Le dernier métier à tisser cessera de battre à la veille de la guerre de 1914. http://tafouette.over-blog.com/12-categorie-10730479.html |
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