A treatise on carriages : comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskies, &c: together with their proper harness, in which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated . , fo as alnK>ftwholly to cover the cloth with the trimmings. Fig. 6. The prefent fafhion of hammercloths,the trimmings of which are broad, and placed onthe bottom only; the lace in the middle is four,and the fringe nine inches deep ; a plainer lace isat the top and bottom, two and a half inches broadfor the binding; the cloth is of two colours tomatch the livery; the crefts and mantlings areembroid
A treatise on carriages : comprehending coaches, chariots, phaetons, curricles, whiskies, &c: together with their proper harness, in which the fair prices of every article are accurately stated . , fo as alnK>ftwholly to cover the cloth with the trimmings. Fig. 6. The prefent fafhion of hammercloths,the trimmings of which are broad, and placed onthe bottom only; the lace in the middle is four,and the fringe nine inches deep ; a plainer lace isat the top and bottom, two and a half inches broadfor the binding; the cloth is of two colours tomatch the livery; the crefts and mantlings areembroidered on the ends. Fig. 7. A handfome hammercloth, trimmedwith a row of two and a half inch lace at the topand bottom, and a broad four inch lace in themiddle ; two rows of nine-inch fringe, and filkdrapery on each fringe. Fig. 8. A hammercloth bound, top and bot-tom with a lace two and a half inches broad : arow of velvet is placed above the fringe, boundwith a narrow lace ; alfo a row of velvet Van-dyked at the top, bound the fame way, and adeep nine-inch fringe at the bottom, with filkornaments; the arms, creft, and ornament foli-age mantles are worked in embroidery on theends. Fig. ^i^. PRICE OF HAMMERCLOTHS. £57 Fig. 9. Reprefents the embroidery now ufual-ly worn upon hammercloths, which is done in va-rious fanciful devices, the principal of which arethe arms, crefts, and cyphers, worked on dieground plain, or in mantles of the curtain or foli-age patterns. They are moftly worked in worftedand lilk, and the feparate prices are Hated withthofe of hammercloths. PRICE OF HAMMERCLOTHS. TO obtain correO; information of the value ofany fort of hammercloths, it is necelfary to knowthe quantity of cloth and trimmings they aremade up with, which depends on the fize of thefeat: it meafuring in common four yards round,requires nine yards to plait round it, with a pro-per fuUnefs, which is fix breadths of 6-quarterbroad-cloth, cut in lengths of y-Sths or 3-4thsof a yard, and fewed tog
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