#537 fustian

fustian- a hard-wearing fabric of cotton mixed with flax or wook with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing; cheap, worthless; pompous; bombastic

C12 from Old French fustaigne, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis cudgel

This unidentified artist specialized in depictions of Italian peasants wearing jackets, aprons and dresses made from what was then called "genes," fustian cotton named after its assumed city of origin in Genoa, Italy.

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