Nun's veiling

Nun's veiling was a lightweight cloth made of wool. It was a plain weave fabric used mainly for women veils and dresses. Nun's veiling got its name from the fact that it was used in Veils by several religious orders.^[1][2]

The depiction of veil

Structure

Nun's veiling was a lightweight, soft, thin, sheer, wool cloth with open weave structure. The construction was more open than a woolen batiste cloth. There were also variants in silk, cotton and mixed materials.^{[1][3][2][4][5]}

Use

Nun's veiling was used in ladies' toilettes, as a flounce fabric^[6] and in a variety of outfits for English women in the 19th century.^[7]

See also

• Katharine Cornell
• The Veiled Nun

References

1. American Home Economics Association. Textiles and Clothing Section (1970). Textile handbook. Internet Archive. Washington, American Home Economics Association. p. 66.
2. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 420. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
3. Dyer, Elizabeth (1927). Textile Fabrics. Houghton Mifflin. p. 313.
4. "Definition of NUN'S VEILING". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
5. Peterson, Charles Jacobs (1884). Peterson Magazine. C. J. Peterson. p. 545.
6. the ladies treasury. p. 472.
7. Cunnington, C. Willett (2013-07-24). English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century: A Comprehensive Guide with 1,117 Illustrations. Courier Corporation. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-486-31963-6.

External links

•   The dictionary definition of nun's veiling at Wiktionary