Even so, pins were often lost and had to be replaced. To prevent the loss of their pins, some people went so far as to attach them to their garments with fine threads or strings.
They were very popular with the upper classes, particularly ladies, primarily as the most convenient means of securing their expensive clothing. Straight pins were more routinely made of metal in Europe by the Middle Ages. The English word "pin" is derived from the Latin word pinna, meaning point, while the French word for pin, épingle, also comes from a Latin source, spinula, which means thorn. Other materials from which early pins were made include fish and animal bone and horn, as well as iron and bronze. The prefered thorn was from the blackthorn, ideally those from new shoots, which were easy to harvest, as well as being quite fine and sharp. It is known that, even as late as the early twentieth century, in England, and certainly during the Regency, many gypsy bands sold pins made from thorns which they had boiled in oil to toughen and harden them. Some believe the first pins were actually thorns from various plants. C., that it is impossible to know when the first pin was used or of what material it was made. Pins in one form or another have been in use so long, since at least 3000 B. People had other uses for pins which would probably not occur to most of us today, with the exception of some of us who enjoyed a significant number of decades in the last century.Ī packet of paragraphs pertaining to the pins of the past … Nor were pins used only for purposes of sewing during the Regency. Regency pins did not look like pins of today, because they were made quite differently, of different materials.
The safety pin was not invented until 1849, in America. Only straight pins, also known now as common pins, were available in the Regency. Yes, I do mean pins, those little straight pointy things few people use any more and those of us who do tend to take for granted.
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