Osnaburg Oznabrig, Ossembrike. A coarse linen cloth formerly made at Osnabruck, Germany. Ossenbrudge for a towell to the Lye tabyll (1555). A pair of Oznabrigs trowsers (1732).
Pack Cloth. A stout, coarse cloth used for packing. Packed up in a bundle of pack cloth (1698).
Padusoy, Padaway. A strong corded or gross-grain silk fabric, much worn by both sexes in the eighteenth century. Padusay was a kind of serge made in Padua and imported into England since 1633 or earlier. A pink plain poudesoy (1734). A laced paduasoy suit (1672). A petticoat lined with muddy-colored pattissway (1704). A glossy paduasoy (1730). A fine laced silk waistcoat of blue paduasoy (1741).
Palmeretts. Boston Gazette, Aug. 22, 1757.
Pantolanes. Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1661).
Pantossam. Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1661).
Paragon. A kind of double camlet used for dress and upholstery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 12 yards of water paragon at 5⁄8 and 5 yards of French green paragon at 25/10 (1618). Hangings for a room of green paragon (1678). Black paragon for a gown (1678).
Parisnet, Black and White. Boston News-Letter, Dec. 18, 1760.
Patch. A kind of highly glazed printed cotton, usually in bright-colored floral designs, used for window draperies and bed hangings. Advertised in Boston News-Letter, June 24, 1742. English and India patches. Boston News-Letter, Dec. 18, 1760.
Pealong, White English. Boston Gazette, Mar. 30, 1734.