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Mockado (also moquette,Moquette has the connotation of a woolen mixture commonly used for carpeting and upholstery. moucade) is a pile textile made in imitation of silk velvet from the mid-sixteenth century. (2026). 9780521341073, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521341073. Mockado was usually constructed with a woollen Carpet pile on a linen or worsted wool warp and woollen weft, although the ground fabric could be any combination of wool, linen, and silk. Mockado was used for furnishings and , and also for clothing such as doublets, , and .Montgomery (2007) pp. xiv-xv
Mockado was introduced to England from Flanders in the mid-sixteenth century. Dutch people and Walloons weavers fleeing Spanish rule in the Low Countries were creating mockadoes and other fabrics combining silk and linen with combing in the weaving center of Norwich by 1571. Varieties included plain, with an even pile, and "tuft" or voided mockado. Mockadoes were woven in solid or changeable colours, and were sometimes stamped with patterns in imitation of more expensive Utrecht velvets Mockado was always a rough fabric, and by the 1580s, the term "mockado" was synonymous with "inferior" or "tawdry". In discussing the old English tradition of Easter bonnet, folklorist Peter Opie cites Thomas Lodge's 1596 pamphlet Wits Miserie :
"The farmer that was contented in times past with his Russet Frocke & Mockado sleeues, now sels a Cow against Easter to buy him silken geere for his Credit".
In the seventeenth century, the term mockado ends was used for a wool yarn, probably a worsted yarn similar to crewel yarn of that period, likely used for embroidery and making and fringes.
Mockadoes continued in use for furnishings such as wall hangings, chair covers, and stools, as well as carpeting. A patent was issued in England in 1741 for a "new invention of making carpeting commonly called French carpeting or Moccadoes and in France moucades or moquets."
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