dornix
{{Short description|Wool and linen fabric}}
{{About|a woven cloth|3=Dornick (disambiguation)}}
File:Fireplace in the Great Chamber of Plas Mawr.JPG, 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.Clive Edwards, "Dornix", Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices, 1200–1950 (Lund Humphreys, 2007), p. 79.
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.{{harvnb|Humphries|2006|p=78}}; {{harvnb|Kerridge|1985|p=22}} It was a coarse cloth, similar to kersey, and used on beds, hangings, curtains and similar purposes.{{harvnb|Kerridge|1985|p=22}} It was popular in middle-class English homes in the 15th century.{{harvnb|Humphries|2006|p=78}} Manufacture spread to the Flemish town of Lille, and to Norwich in England, where substantial manufacture continued until the 18th century.{{harvnb|Kerridge|1985|pp=22–23}}
Dornick linens
Dornick (also spelled dornock{{cite book |editor-last1=Simpson|editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Weiner |editor-first2=Edmund |author-link= |date=1989 |title=The Oxford English Dictionary|url= |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press|volume=IV|page=964 |isbn=978-0-19-861186-8 }} Dornec or Darnec{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fairchildsdictio0000unse|title=Fairchild's dictionary of textiles|date=1959|location=New York |publisher= Fairchild Publications|pages=184}}) was a strong linen damask used for table cloth, wall hangings, etc. Dornick also originated at Tournai.{{Cite book|last1=Caulfeild|first1=S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne)|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofneed001caul|title=The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ...|last2=Saward|first2=Blanche C.|date=1882|publisher=London : L. Upcott Gill|others=Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library|pages=154}}{{Citation|last=Dent|first=Susie|title=Dornick|date=2012|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199990009.001.0001/acref-9780199990009-e-3354|work=Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable|publisher=Chambers Harrap Publishers|language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199990009.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-999000-9|access-date=2021-06-12}}{{Cite web|title=Webster's 1913|url=http://www.websters1913.com/words/Dornick|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.websters1913.com}} A similar fabric was Dorrock;{{Cite book|last1=Webster|first1=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M2AQAAMAAJ&dq=Dorrock+cloth&pg=PA951|title=An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy ...|last2=Parkes|first2=Mrs William|date=1845|publisher=Harper & Brothers|pages=951|language=en}} the names Dornock and Dorrock are associated with Scotland. Dornix or Dornick table linens were made in a number of Scottish centres, especially at Dunfermline, but the association of the word with the name of the town Dornoch is erroneous.Clive Edwards, Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices, 1200–1950 (Lund Humphreys, 2007), p. 79.
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