Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Wilton
Peter Mulender purchased one yard of Wilton cloth at the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago.
In the prior eight months, Colden sold fifteen yards of Wilton on seven different occasions.
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
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Wilton, not far from Salisbury England, was long known for its textiles (primarily broadcloth made on the wide looms of Wilton) and later for its carpets.
It could be that 'Wilton' was used as a generic term for any broadcloth. The term is neither in Webster's 1828 dictionary, nor in the British Dictionary of Traded Goods, nor in Caulfeild's Dictionary of Sewing.
Wilton cloth was relatively expensive at twelve shillings per yard. It was probably used in large items like cloaks where a 'broad' fabric was needed.
Colden also sold an item known specifically as 'Broad Cloth.' It was even more expensive at 18 to 28 shillings per yard, perhaps due to an even greater width.
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