_Palmeretts._ Boston Gazette, Aug. 22, 1757.
_Pantolanes._ Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1661).
_Pantossam._ Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1661).
_Paragon._ A kind of double camlet used for dress and upholstery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 12 yards of water paragon at 5/8 and 5 yards of French green paragon at 25/10 (1618). Hangings for a room of green paragon (1678). Black paragon for a gown (1678).
_Parisnet_, Black and White. Boston News-Letter, Dec. 18, 1760.
_Patch._ A kind of highly glazed printed cotton, usually in bright-colored floral designs, used for window draperies and bed hangings. Advertised in Boston News-Letter, June 24, 1742. English and India patches. Boston News-Letter, Dec. 18, 1760.
_Pealong_, White English. Boston Gazette, Mar. 30, 1734.
_Pellony._ Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1680).
_Penistone_, _Penniston_. A coarse woolen cloth made at Penistone, Co. Yorkshire, England, used for garments, linings, etc. Clothes called pennystone or forest whites (1552). Red peniston for petticoats (1616).
_Pentado._ Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1680).
_Perpetuana._ A durable woolen fabric manufactured in England from the sixteenth century, similar to _everlasting_, _durance_, etc. The sober perpetuana-suited Puritan (1606). A counterpane for the yellow perpetuana bed (1648).
_Philip._ A kind of worsted or woolen stuff of common quality. 12 yards of philip and cheney for a coat for Mrs. Howard (1633). My red bed of Phillip and China (1650).
_Pocking Cloth._ Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1674).
_Poldavy_, _Poledavis_. A coarse canvas or sacking, originally woven in Brittany, and formerly much used for sailcloth. A canvas of the best poldavie (1613). Pole-Davies for sails (1642).
_Pompeydones._ Boston Gazette, Aug. 22, 1757.
_Poplin._ A fabric with a silk warp and worsted weft, having a corded surface. Lined with light colored silk poplin (1737).
_Porstotana._ Essex Co. (Mass.) Court Records (1680).
_Prunella_, _Prenella_. A strong stuff, originally silk, afterwards worsted, used for clergymen's gowns, and later for the uppers of women's shoes. Plain black skirts of prunella (1670).
_Rash._ A smooth-surfaced fabric made of silk (_silk rash_) or worsted (_cloth rash_). A cloak of cloth rash (1592). My silk rash gown (1597). He had a cloak of rash or else fine cloth (1622).