The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool, and other fibrous substances : including observations on spinning, dyeing, and weaving : also an account of the pastoral life of the ancients, their social state and attainments in the domestic arts : with appendices on Pliny's Natural history, on the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper, on felting, netting, &c., deduced from copious and authentic sources
Clinton G. Gilroy's 1845 history of silk, cotton, linen and wool, published in New York by Harper & Brothers for manufacturers, merchants and antiquarians interested in the textile trades and their ancient origins. Engraved plates combine outline figures of Greek and Roman shepherds, spinners and travellers in draped garments with coins, medallions, sandalled feet, hats and cloaks arranged as numbered study sheets, useful for costume drapery, footwear detail and clustered emblem layouts.
