Kant (item of clothing)

Cap of an officer of the Armed Forces of Russia with a red edging (edging), along the upper edge of the band and along the edge of the bottom.

Red edging on the edge of the epaulette.

Kant ^[1] , Kantik ^[2] (through the Polish kant from German Kante , also edging , trim , release , sheathing ^[3] ) - an element or accessory of clothing in the form of a colored cord or a narrow strip of colored fabric along the edge of the garment (rim) or at the seam.

The edging is usually used in the form of clothes when decorating harem pants, trousers, caps , buttonholes , shoulder straps and so on. Tailoring expression to sew in edging - Turn over the tunic ^[2] . In the armed forces of foreign countries, editions are called: in France - passe-poil , in - Germany - Vorstoss , in England - Edging or Braid ^[1] .

Content

1 History
2 Technology
3 See also
4 notes
5 Literature
6 References

History

Kant is one of the oldest ways to decorate clothes. So, Rehak observes edging on the frescoes of the new palace period in Knossos (the second millennium BC) ^[4] .

Kant acquired a new popularity in everyday clothes in the 19th century: around 1822, the practice of using a fold of matter with an extended cord in muslin dresses became widespread, and decoration became popular by the 1840s. In a men's suit, this finish was imitated by sheathing the edges of clothes with a narrow cord.

By the end of the 19th century, the popularity of Kant in casual wear had faded, although in the 21st century it continued to be widely used in uniforms.

Technology

The fabric edging is cut along the oblique thread and sewn to the clothes so that the edging does not protrude more than 2-3 mm. Sometimes a lace pulls into the fabric edging.

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Kant // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
↑ ¹ ² Kant // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882.
↑ Edition // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882.
↑ Rehak, Paul. Saffron Crocus and Yellow Garments in Aegean Wall-Painting . // Color in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Edinburgh, September 9-11, 2001 .

Literature

Kant // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882.
Issue // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882.
Kant // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
Kant (colored lace) // Big Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
Kant // Encyclopedia of Fashion. Andreeva R., 1997.
V. N. Malyshev , “General principles for the construction of military suits of the XVIII - XIX centuries."
Valerie Cumming, CW Cunnington, PE Cunnington. Piped seams . // The Dictionary of Fashion History. Berg, 2010.S. 158. (English)

Links

Jennifer Rosbrugh. A Piping Tutorial - The Basics for 19th Century Costumes . // historicalsewing.com. (eng.)

[автоссылка2-1] ¹ ² Kant // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.

[автоссылка1-2] ¹ ² Kant // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882.

[3] Edition // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882.

[4] Rehak, Paul. Saffron Crocus and Yellow Garments in Aegean Wall-Painting . // Color in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Edinburgh, September 9-11, 2001 .