Bunting (textile)
Bunting (or bunt) is any festive decorations made of fabric, or of plastic, paper or even cardboard in imitation of fabric. Typical forms of bunting are strings of colorful triangular flags and lengths of fabric in the colors of national flags gathered and draped into swags or pleated into fan shapes.
History
Bunting was originally a specific type of lightweight worsted wool fabric generically known as tammy,[1] manufactured from the turn of the 17th century,[2] and used for making ribbons[3] and flags,[4] including signal flags for the Royal Navy. Amongst other properties that made the fabric suitable for ribbons and flags was its high glaze, achieved by a process including hot-pressing.[5]
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The origin of the word is uncertain.[6] But bunt means colourful in German.
The term bunting is also used to refer to a collection of flags, and particularly those of a ship.[7] The officer responsible for raising signals using flags is known as bunts, a term still used for a ship's communications officer.
See also
- Papel picado
Notes
- ^ "The gradual change of spelling undergone by this name from 'estamet' to 'tammy' had by that date proceeded as far as 'tamett'. By 1633 it had become 'tammet'" (Kerridge 1988, p. 53).
- ^ "Worsted tammies, white and coloured, broad and narrow, were made in Norwich and East Norfolk, seemingly from about 1594, certainly from 1605" (Kerridge 1988, p. 53).
- ^ Scargill 1965, p. 101–110.
- ^ "One special form of tammy, called bunt or bunting, was sold for making flags" (Kerridge 1988, p. 53).
- ^ "They were also highly glazed by hot-pressing and other means." (Kerridge 1988, p. 53).
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM, Oxford University Press, 2002.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bunting". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 802.
References
- Kerridge, Eric (1988). Textile manufactures in early modern England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-1767-4.
- Scargill, D.I. (1965). Wakefield: A Study of Arrested Urban Development. 36. The Town Planning Review. pp. 101–110.
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Author/Creator: SoylentGreen, Licence: CC-BY-SA-3.0
Hessian Fabric made seamless. It will serve to create a normal map in Blender.
Author/Creator: MartijnL, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Batik cloth purchased in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- MacLachlan_hunting_tartan_(D._W._Stewart).jpg: Celtus
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A representation of the Maclachlan hunting tartan. This tartan is the oldest tartan to bear the name MacLachlan. This tartan is referred to as the Old MacLachlan, MacLachlan, and Hunting MacLachlan. This sett was first published in Old & Rare Scottish Tartans by D. W. Stewart in 1893.
Thread count: Y6, W4, Bk32, G32, Y6, W4, R48.
Sources: MacLachlan Clan Tartan WR1710 MacLachlan Hunting Tartan
Author/Creator: Amanda Slater, Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Bunting of triangular flags hung in Coventry, England. Photographer's caption: "The bunting is out in the village again...it must be summer."
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On 1st October 1988, Network SouthEast organised the 100th Birthday celebrations of the Edenbridge - Eridge line.
Class 33 and Class 73 73131 "County of Surrey" on display at
Eridge railway station.Author/Creator: nate ritter, Licence: CC BY 2.0
4th of July decorations at Roche Harbor, 2004, include flags of the United States and Canada, and red, white and blue bunting.
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A prime example of bunting in Wilmette, Illinois.