Tournain.
/ˈtʊəneɪ/ a. See quot. 1858.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of
stamin?c1225
worsted1348
monk's cloth1441
set cloth1467
vesse1483
St. Thomas worsted1518
St. Omer's worsted1530
caddis1558
cloth-rash1592
Philip and Cheyney1614
none-so-pretty1622
tammy1675
cheyneyc1680
crape1682
bunting1742
beaudoy1759
wildbore1784
Princetta?1790
Circassian1824
plain-back1830
Coburg1844
Tournai1858
Tricotine1914
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tournay, a printed worsted material used for furniture. Hence in mod. Dicts.
b. Used attributively and absol. to designate products of the town, esp. the porcelain manufactured there from 1751.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > French porcelain
Sèvres1764
Vincennes1766
Chantilly1770
Tournai1873
Mennecy1874
Niderviller1903
1873 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 207 He..prides himself upon his Tournai.
1874 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 292 One Tournai plate, gold marked.
1907 C. H. Wylde How to collect Continental China 119 Birds..had always been a favourite subject as a motif of decoration on Tournay porcelain.
1959 Listener 22 Jan. 179/1 The more familiar tombstone of a bishop in Tournai ‘marble’.
1980 Times 5 Feb. 16/5 A Tournai shaped oval dish of about 1765..made £11,000.
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n.1858