1 gen 1682 anni - crewel

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A thin worsted yarn of two threads, used for tapestry and embroidery. It was used most commonly in the plural, and the spellings varied considerably: 1453 <i>j cofre cum jocalibus … et le furfillingthred </i>[purfilling?]<i>, crules et suyngthred</i>, Ripon (SS30/164-5); 1559 <i>3 qwissing coveringes of crewles at 2s 8d a piece</i>, North Stainley (YRS134/5); 1588 <i>one blacke girdell of crowlles</i>, Downholme (YRS152/275); 1617 <i>to buy crules for chaires and stooles</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/132); 1682 <i>some cruelle and grene silke fringe</i>, Halifax (YRS134/157). The following may be an early reference to crewel-work: 1568 <i>fyve buffet stolles … one with croylle nedle worke</i>, Healaugh (YRS134/31).

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