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Donegal tweed is a woven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Originally all handwoven, it is now mostly machine woven and has been since the introduction of mechanised looms in the 1950s-1960s. Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials in the making of caps, suits and vests. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, The Royal Linen Manufacturers of Ulster distributed approximately six thousand flax spinning wheels and sixty looms for weaving to various Donegal homesteads. These machines helped establish the homespun tweed industry in nineteenth-century Donegal. Although Donegal tweed has been manufactured for centuries it took on its modern form in the 1880s, largely due to the pioneering work of English philanthropist Alice Rowland Hart.

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  • Donegalje obchodní označení pro příze, tkaniny a pleteniny vyráběné v irském hrabství Donegal. (cs)
  • Donegal ist ein poröses und dem Handgewebe ähnliches Streichgarngewebe in Tuchbindung. Manchmal wird der Ausdruck Donegal, benannt nach dem nördlichsten irischen County Donegal, auch für Maschenwaren mit einem ähnlichen Oberflächenbild gebraucht. Der den Home-Spun-Geweben zugeordnete Stoff ist stark mit (farbigen) Noppen durchsetzt, mit deutlichen Unterschieden im Farbwert von Kettfaden und Schussfaden. Der feine und etwas gleichmäßiger gesponnene Kettfaden ist heller als der füllige, ungleichmäßig gesponnene Schuss. Das Gewebebild ist dadurch gewollt unruhig. (de)
  • Donegal tweed is a woven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Originally all handwoven, it is now mostly machine woven and has been since the introduction of mechanised looms in the 1950s-1960s. Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials in the making of caps, suits and vests. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, The Royal Linen Manufacturers of Ulster distributed approximately six thousand flax spinning wheels and sixty looms for weaving to various Donegal homesteads. These machines helped establish the homespun tweed industry in nineteenth-century Donegal. Although Donegal tweed has been manufactured for centuries it took on its modern form in the 1880s, largely due to the pioneering work of English philanthropist Alice Rowland Hart. While the weavers in County Donegal produce a number of different tweed fabrics, including herringbone and check patterns, the area is best known for a plain-weave cloth of differently-coloured warp and weft, with small pieces of yarn in various colours woven in at irregular intervals to produce a heathered effect. Such fabric is often labelled as "donegal" (with a lowercase "d") regardless of its provenance. Along with Harris Tweed manufactured in the Scottish Highlands, Donegal is the most famous tweed in the world. It was used in several of the fashion designer Sybil Connolly's pieces. (en)
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  • Donegalje obchodní označení pro příze, tkaniny a pleteniny vyráběné v irském hrabství Donegal. (cs)
  • Donegal ist ein poröses und dem Handgewebe ähnliches Streichgarngewebe in Tuchbindung. Manchmal wird der Ausdruck Donegal, benannt nach dem nördlichsten irischen County Donegal, auch für Maschenwaren mit einem ähnlichen Oberflächenbild gebraucht. Der den Home-Spun-Geweben zugeordnete Stoff ist stark mit (farbigen) Noppen durchsetzt, mit deutlichen Unterschieden im Farbwert von Kettfaden und Schussfaden. Der feine und etwas gleichmäßiger gesponnene Kettfaden ist heller als der füllige, ungleichmäßig gesponnene Schuss. Das Gewebebild ist dadurch gewollt unruhig. (de)
  • Donegal tweed is a woven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Originally all handwoven, it is now mostly machine woven and has been since the introduction of mechanised looms in the 1950s-1960s. Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials in the making of caps, suits and vests. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, The Royal Linen Manufacturers of Ulster distributed approximately six thousand flax spinning wheels and sixty looms for weaving to various Donegal homesteads. These machines helped establish the homespun tweed industry in nineteenth-century Donegal. Although Donegal tweed has been manufactured for centuries it took on its modern form in the 1880s, largely due to the pioneering work of English philanthropist Alice Rowland Hart. (en)
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  • Donegal (textilie) (cs)
  • Donegal (Gewebe) (de)
  • Donegal tweed (en)
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