Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Gimp
Lewis Bodine purchased thirteen items at the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago. One of the items was two-and-one-half yards of Gimp.
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| Silk Tassels (Gimp?), ca. 1750-1800 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
Gimp does not appear in the Ramsay Ledger (a store in Alexandria, VA in 1750s). Perhaps it is similar to "Fringe" which appears in the Ramsay Ledger but not the Colden DayBook?
Webster defined Gimp in his 1828 dictionary as "a kind of silk twist or edging." Later in the century, Caulfeild described it as braided fabric used as trim - closer to its current use.
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| Modern Gimp Braid Trim. Courtesy of DoveOriginalsTrims.com |
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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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Gimp was sold on eleven occasions at the Colden Store totalling about 30 yards. It was priced at about a shilling per yard.
The Bodine name was a common one in the DayBook. It appeared 64 times with Lewis Bodine accounting for 22 of those. As mentioned in the prior blog, the Bodines attended St. Andrew's Church. The J. Bodine home is shown on the 1798 map on the west bank of the Wallkill just opposite the Tin Brook.
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