Dornix

This article is about a woven cloth. For other uses, see Dornick (disambiguation).

Dornix, also known as dornicks and darnacle, is name used for woollen and linen fabrics, first used in the 16th century.^[1]

Room at Plas Mawr, the walls hung with reproduction Dornix

Woollen dornix

Dornix originated in the Belgian town of Tournai (Doornik in Flemish) in the 15th century and was made from a combination of wool and linen.^[2] It was a coarse cloth, similar to kersey, and used on beds, hangings, curtains and similar purposes.^[3] It was popular in middle-class English homes in the 15th century.^[4] Manufacture spread to the Flemish town of Lille, and to Norwich in England, where substantial manufacture continued until the 18th century.^[5]

Dornick linens

Dornick (also spelled dornock^[6] Dornec or Darnec^[7]) was a strong linen damask used for table cloth, wall hangings, etc. Dornick also originated at Tournai.^[8][9][10] A similar fabric was Dorrock;^[11] the names Dornock and Dorrock are associated with Scotland.^[8][10] Dornix or Dornick table linens were made in a number of Scottish centres, especially at Dunfermline, but the association of the word with the name of the town Dornoch is erroneous.^[12]

Bibliography

• Humphries, Peter (2006). "Heritage Interpretation and Cadw". In Hems, Alison; Blockley, Marion (eds.). Heritage Interpretation. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 71–82. ISBN 9780415237963.
• Kerridge, Eric (1985). Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2632-4.