"Plain bays for Jenny's"?
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Apr 7 01:12:00 UTC 2007
At 4/6/2007 10:03 AM, carole crompton wrote:
>4 yards wide probably refers to the amount of cloth used to skirt the
>hoops.
That about fits. Around that time (c1740), I think, hoops
maximized. IIVC (visualize), I've seen an illustration that must be
about a 4-foot diameter.
Joel
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