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His family owned the textile firm Simonis et Biolley, after a merger resulting when his sister Marie Anne Simonis married Jean-François Biolley. Iwan Simonis, a modern descendant of the 17th-century company, bears Simonis' name. It is known for producing billiard cloth, although it no longer produces cloth for most other uses. [2]
They decided that the seat of the BWA would be Geneva in order to be close to the UMB and the IOC Supporters included, among others, Georg Peltzer, senior director and descendant of Henry Simon Simonis, founder of Simonis Billiard cloth factory in 1680, [2] and Reinhold Würth, senior partner of the Würth Group. [3]
"Let's get the boys on the baize!" has been a catchphrase of BBC TV snooker presenter Rob Walker since 2008. [3]At one time, "the green baize door" (a door to which cloth had been tacked to deaden noise) in a house separated the servants' quarters from the family's living quarters; [4] hence the phrase's usage as a metonym for domestic service.
The firm of Iwan Simonis of Verviers, Belgium, is probably the most famous manufacturer of billiard cloth. The company is appoximately as old as billiards itself, a predecessor having been formed in 1453 (emphasis mine).
Both the rails and slate beds are covered with 21–24-ounce billiard cloth (although some less expensive 19-ounce cloths are available) which is most often green in colour (representing the grass of the original lawn games from which billiards evolved), and consists of either a woven wool or wool-nylon blend called baize.
It was genius — when we visited, I could place my baby in for playing or napping, whichever she felt like doing. This one is more than $20 off during this Amazon sale. $47 at Amazon.
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