{{Short description|Glazed woolen material of the 18th century}} '''Durant''' (also durance, duroy) was a glazed woolen material of the 18th century. Durant was hot-pressed with a fold in the middle, leaving a crease in the fabric. Durant was manufactured in England.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojUTAAAAYAAJ&q=Durants+cloth|title=The Fredericksburg Connection: Selected Readings Tracing the History of Fredericksburg, and Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties|date=1980|publisher=Historic Fredericksburg Foundation|pages=103|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bTc7AQAAIAAJ&q=Durants+woolen+glazed|title=Antiques|date=1967|publisher=Straight Enterprises|pages=81|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Montgomery|first=Florence M.|url=http://archive.org/details/textilesinameric00mont|title=Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth|date=1984|publisher=New York; London : Norton|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-393-01703-8|pages=229}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Society|first=Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXBnAAAAMAAJ&q=Durants+woolen+glazed|title=Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society|date=1959|pages=51|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgqOkHNPYPEC&q=Durants+woolen+glazed|title=Material History Bulletin: Bulletin D'histoire de la Culture Matérielle|date=1980|publisher=History Division, Canadian Museum of Civilization and National Museum of Science and Technology.|pages=52|language=en}}</ref>
== Weave == Durant was a plain weave fabric, similar to other glazed woolen cloths such as Tammy and Calamanco.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Staples|first1=Kathleen A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbxdAQAAQBAJ&q=Durants+woolen+glazed&pg=PA273|title=Clothing Through American History: The British Colonial Era|last2=Shaw|first2=Madelyn C.|date=2013-06-25|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-08460-7|pages=273|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dow|first=George Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_Vc69tkLjEC&q=Durants+woolen+glazed&pg=PA74|title=Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|date=2012-08-09|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-15785-6|pages=74|language=en}}</ref>
== Use == Durant was used for quilts, upholstery<ref name=":0" /> and clothing.<ref name=":1" />
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