Linen
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Encyclopedia article on linen, covering its definition as yarn, thread or cloth made from flax and as a general term for household and body linens. It outlines linen's origins in Egypt, its properties compared with cotton, and the state of the linen industry in the United States and Ireland around 1913. It also describes spinning, bleaching and weaving, gives simple tests to tell linen from cotton, and ends with a bibliography of works on flax and linen.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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