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I have found an ancestor who between 1812 and 1819 was a Calico Glazer. Anyone got any ideas what this occupation involved?
[quote name='Teresa' date='14 January 2010 - 04:58 PM' timestamp='1263488305' post='212119']
I have found an ancestor who between 1812 and 1819 was a Calico Glazer. Anyone got any ideas what this occupation involved?
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Calico was a heavy coarse cotton, the glazing is the treatment of the material to protect it in use / transport.
Glazer A factory worker who smoothed calico cloth. also one who applied the glaze to pottery.
Even today all material / fabric is treated with a glaze, it stops colours fading....hence why all clothing being put next to the skin needs to be washed first! ( to stop any irritation of the glazing on the skin!)
Elsabels
Hi Elsabels
Many thanks for that description. It's the first time I've come across a Calico Glazer.
[quote name='Elsabels' date='14 January 2010 - 08:22 PM' timestamp='1263500565' post='212127']
Even today all material / fabric is treated with a glaze, it stops colours fading....hence why all clothing being put next to the skin needs to be washed first! ( to stop any irritation of the glazing on the skin!)
Elsabels
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A bit late for me to start washing new clothes.lol It's the first time I have heard of it.
[quote name='Starlight' date='15 January 2010 - 12:14 AM' timestamp='1263514479' post='212142']
A bit late for me to start washing new clothes.lol It's the first time I have heard of it.
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Another Gem
There are even a kinda cotton bug in new material that causes a skin irritation!
Oh what it is like to be a mind of useless info
Elsabels
Hi
you aII beat me to it but here'es some more info
In the United Kingdom, "calico" refers to fabric made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton, which may for example contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but because of its unfinished and undyed state, it is still very cheap. As it is an inexpensive and readily available fabric, calico is often used by tailors in the construction of toile — mockups of a garment for the purpose of testing a pattern.
In the US the word calico is used quite differently. In American English, calico is a word for inexpensive printed cotton fabrics that have a colorful small, all-over pattern, which is often floral.
The fabric that is called calico in the UK is called muslin in the USA athough muslin over here is thin cheap mesh often used in wine making and cookery for straining purposes.
Having done loada of sewing in the past I have also seen material that has had a colour glaze over the top in patterns normally on wide sheets used in upholstry for curtains etc. Maybe he was in a mill or working for a milliner or dressmaker
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Researching : Cole : Poole / Wimborne -Vick: Christchuch / Wimborne-Martin : Wimborne / Bristol / Cardiff - Coombes: Bristol -Covering: 1762 - present day so far -Trades: cobblers, seamen, umbrella makers, milliners, painters and decorators and tailors
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