Linen and Linen Manufacture
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A one-page encyclopedia article on linen and its manufacture, from Chambers's Encyclopedia. It surveys the main centers of linen production (France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland) and lists the principal linen fabrics, including lawn, cambric, damask, diaper, sheeting, huckaback, crash and tick. It closes with a short history of linen from ancient Egypt onward, noting its durability and its recovery after the rise of cotton.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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