DRAPER  , one who deals in See also:

• CLOTH

cloth or textiles generally . The Fr. drap, cloth, from which drapier and Eng . " draper " are derived, is, of obscure origin . It is possible that the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. drappus or trappus (the last See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form giving the Eng . " trappings ") may be connected with words such as " drub, Ger. trefj'en, See also:

• BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat; the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sense would be fulled cloth . " Drab," dull, See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale, See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, is also connected, its first meaning being a cloth of a natural undyed See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . The Drapers' See also:

• COMPANY

Company is one of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• LIVERY

livery companies of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LONDON

London . The fraternity is of very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early origin . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Fitz-Alwyn (d . 1212 ?), the first See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of London, is said to have been a draper . The first See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was granted in 1364 . The Drapers' Gild was one of the numerous subdivisions of the clothing See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and appeared to have been confined to the retailing of woollen cloths, the See also:

• LINEN

linen-drapers forming in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate fraternity, which disappeared or was merged in the greater company .

It is usual for drapers to combine the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of " drapery," i.e. of textiles generally, with that of millinery, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery, &c . In See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

Wills v . See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams (reported in The Times, London, Nov . 20, 1908), the See also:

• TERM

term " drapery " in a restrictive See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

covenant was held not to include all goods that a draper might sell, such as furs or See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur-lined goods .