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Aug. 12th, 2012 01:09 pmEarlier today a query from author ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elin_gregory about early 18th century naval uniform (or lack thereof) sent me off to look up Dudley Jarrett's British Naval Dress. Among lists of 18th century contractors clothing orders, mostly comprised of Shrunck Grey Kersey Jacketts, Wast coats of Welsh Red, shirts of Blew and white chequer'd Linnen and Strip'd Ticken Breeches, Jarrett notes that one contract dating to 1717 also included:
Red flowered shag breeches, the buttonholes stitched with gold thread.
Red flowered shag breeches with gold button holes?! Do you think that's the early eighteenth century equivalent of shag-me-shoes?
Okay, so shag actually refers to "cloth having a velvet nap on one side", but don't let that stop you sniggering ;)
elin_gregory about early 18th century naval uniform (or lack thereof) sent me off to look up Dudley Jarrett's British Naval Dress. Among lists of 18th century contractors clothing orders, mostly comprised of Shrunck Grey Kersey Jacketts, Wast coats of Welsh Red, shirts of Blew and white chequer'd Linnen and Strip'd Ticken Breeches, Jarrett notes that one contract dating to 1717 also included:Red flowered shag breeches with gold button holes?! Do you think that's the early eighteenth century equivalent of shag-me-shoes?
Okay, so shag actually refers to "cloth having a velvet nap on one side", but don't let that stop you sniggering ;)
