INDEX
- Arab hats, 5
- Argos, 3
- Austin, T. G., 12
- Bamboo, 18
- Bast, 3, 35
- Black Forest, claims of, 6
- Bleaching, history, 60
- —— methods, 60, 62, 63
- Blocking by hand, history, 93
- —— tools, 93, 94, 98
- —— methods, 96, 104
- —— by machine, history, 100
- —— —— various machines, 101, 102, 106, 108
- Blockmaking, history, 66
- —— method, 67
- —— woods used, 69
- —— of plaster, 69
- Bonnet, 5
- British straw plaits, 11, 15, 18
- —— —— hats, 6, 9
- Cesare Cantu, 9
- Chinese plaits, 19
- Compo, stiffening, 91
- Cotton plaits, 18
- Coryat’s crudities, 10
- Dyeing, history, 52
- —— methods, 53, 57, 58
- —— plant, 54
- Enamelling split, 91
- Etruscans and Etruria, 3
- Fastolfe, Sir John, 6
- Fiesole, woven plait, 30
- Finishing, 111
- Franks, the, 3
- Gerard, 3
- Greeks, the, 3
- Hemp for plaits, 18, 33
- Hera, hat of, 3
- Hood hats, preparation, 37
- —— ——, method of making, 38
- —— ——, Bankok, 42
- —— ——, Bowen, 41
- —— ——, Brazilian, 42–44
- —— ——, chip, 42
- —— ——, Curaçoa, 41
- —— ——, hemp, 42
- —— ——, Hinoki, 41
- —— ——, Java, 41
- —— ——, Leghorn, 14, 71
- —— ——, Manila, 42
- —— ——, Panama, 36
- —— ——, paper, 42
- —— ——, raffia, 43
- —— ——, rush, 42
- —— ——, Yedda, 43
- Horsehair plaits, 18
- Italian plaits, 10, 14
- Japanese plaits, 19
- Kausia, 2
- La Croix, 3
- “La dame au chapeau de Poil,” 8
- Leathers for lining, 119
- Leghorn, 13
- Lining hats, 115
- Machines, sewing, 21, 22, 23
- ——, blocking, 24
- ——, plaiting, 49
- Machines, milling, 82
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 10
- Mercury, hat of, 3
- Milan or Pedale, 19
- Oiling chip hats, 112
- Oldmixon, 11
- Pausanias, 3
- Penelope, hat of, 4
- Pepys, 7
- Petasus, 2
- Plaits, bamboo, 18
- ——, bast, 35
- ——, cotton, 18
- ——, hemp, 18
- ——, horsehair, 18
- ——, raffia, 18
- ——, rush, 35
- ——, rye straw, 7, 14
- ——, silk, 18
- ——, sinnet, 35, 112
- ——, Tuscan, 14
- ——, wheat straw, 14
- ——, wood shavings, 18
- ——, yedda, 35
- Plaitters, 28, 29
- Plaitting centres:
- Belgium, 30
- China, 19
- Dunstable, 15
- Essex, 15
- Hemel Hempstead, 15
- Japan, 19
- Panama, 36
- Ripon (Yorks), 15
- Saxony, 33
- Switzerland, 18
- —— machines, 49
- —— methods, 27, 30, 32, 45
- Poetical allusions:
- Ben Jonson, 7
- Gay, 9
- Shakespeare, 7
- Spenser, 6
- Thynne, 6
- Virgil, 5
- Polishing, 112
- Pompeii, 4
- Praxiteles, 3
- Preparation of straws, 25
- —— of chip, 33
- Romans, the early, 3
- Rubens, Peter Paul, 8
- Rye straw, 7, 14
- Semi-trimmed hats, 122
- Sewing, hand method, 72, 76
- ——, machine method, 73, 81
- —— machines, 21, 22, 23, 73
- Signa, 10
- Sparterie, 51
- Speckled plaits, 57
- Splitting of straws, 27
- Stephanos, 3
- Stiffening, history, 84
- —— materials, 85, 88, 90
- —— method, 86, 88, 90
- Straw, 3
- —— pipes, 16
- —— splints, 16
- —— splitters, 17
- Swiss plaits, 18
- Tagal, 34
- Tansley, 17
- Tégal, 34
- Ticketing, 117
- Tippers, 70
- Tomlinson, 13
- Trimming, 118
- Tuscan plait, 14
- Tutulus, 4
- Twist plait, 19
- Vatican, 3
- Virgil, pastorals, 5
- Waller, John, 11
- Waterproofing, 114
- Wiring, 115
Printed in Bath, England, by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.