toiles de Vitré

English translation: Vitre linens

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French term or phrase:toiles de Vitré
English translation:Vitre linens
Entered by: Bashiqa

09:28 Nov 17, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Anthropology / Slavery and clothing
French term or phrase: toiles de Vitré
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Article 1er : Que tous les mulâtres, indiens ou nègres de tous sexe, esclaves qui seront au jardin et à la culture des terres ne pourront être à l’avenir habillés que conformément à l’ordonnance du roi, de toiles de Vitré pour les fêtes et dimanche ; sans pouvoir porter d’autres habillement sous peine de prison.

I don't think it is fibreglass but otherwise I'm lost.
TIA Chris.
Bashiqa
France
Local time: 11:22
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.
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4 +1name of a city in Brittany
jmleger
4Vitre linens
Marion Feildel (X)
3Vitré sailcloth
Tony M
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petites toiles utilisée pour les voiles
Thierry Bourguet

  

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toiles de vitré
name of a city in Brittany


Explanation:
same as toile de Nîmes turned into Denim

jmleger
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agree  Fabienne G PERROT (X): http://books.google.fr/books?id=y1ZAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA730&lpg=PA...
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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'.

Tony M
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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.


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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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