Cambric
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A short encyclopedia entry defining cambric as the finest, thinnest plain woven linen fabric. It gives the derivation of the name from Cambrai, France, notes that fine cambrics are now made in Switzerland, and mentions cotton imitations made with hard-twisted fibre.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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