Villus (clothing)
Shaggy or shaggy originally referred to a tuft of hair, especially the soiled and sticky, coherent curls of wool- producing animals such as domestic sheep ( woolen villi ). The word is therefore used pejoratively for dirty, messy hair, dissolute women or inferior fur ( shaggy fur ).
The wool from Mesopotamia of the 4th millennium BC was made from wool villi, i.e. flakes of sheep's wool laid in loops . Kaunakes ( villi skirts ), which were known in the 4th century BC, were made, in which the villi were laid one on top of the other in stages so that the impression of a plumage was created.
In a textile Find of Hallstattzeit wool flakes were as additional weft material with woven . The same design element was also used in the Nordic Bronze Age to create a so-called crimmer trimming on hats or coats. In addition to its decorative function, this pile formation also served as protection against cold, wind and moisture.
In other words, villi and shaggy also refer to hanging textile decorative materials such as fringes , tassels , tassels or similar structures that are attached to clothing .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b villi . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm : German Dictionary . Hirzel, Leipzig 1854–1961 ( woerterbuchnetz.de , University of Trier). and shaggy . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm : German Dictionary . Hirzel, Leipzig 1854–1961 ( woerterbuchnetz.de , University of Trier).
- ↑ Ingrid Loschek: Reclam's fashion and costume dictionary. 5th, exp. Ed., Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-010577-3 , p. 423
- ↑ Karina Grömer: Prehistoric textile art in Central Europe. History of crafts and clothing before the Romans. Publishing house d. Natural History Museum in Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902421-50-0 , pp. 183-184