Linen
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An encyclopedia-style article on linen from the 1819 Pantalogia. It covers the history of linen from Egypt, Greece and Rome to Britain, and the division of labor in flax growing, preparation, spinning, weaving, bleaching and finishing. It focuses on the Irish linen industry, with Ulster spinning fineness and statistics on cloth and yarn exports from Ireland in the 1700s.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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