Prunella (cloth)

{{Short description|A smooth worsted fabric}}

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In clothing, prunella is a worsted fabric, sometimes also made with a blend of silk. Documented from the 17th to the 20th centuries,

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it was produced in Norwich.

{{Cite book|last= Montgomery|first= M.|url= http://archive.org/details/textilesinameric00mont|title= Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth|date= 1984|publisher= New York; London : Norton|others= Internet Archive|isbn= 978-0-393-01703-8|page= 328 | quote = Prunella[.] One of the worsted fabrics made at Norwich.}}

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