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The textile manufactures of the ancients : embracing the history of silk, linen, cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances : deduced from Yate's [sic] Textrinum antiquorum, and other authentic sources

Practical Manufacturer, Yates, James, 1789-1871. Textrinum antiquorum · 1873 · Boston : Printed for the author · 20 pictures

A history of ancient silk, linen, cotton and wool textiles compiled by an anonymous "Practical Manufacturer" from James Yates's Textrinum antiquorum and printed for the author in Boston in 1873, aimed at manufacturers and antiquarians. Outline engravings group draped statues, profile heads in caps and helmets, coin faces, and friezes of workers handling cloth, nets and looms, useful for costume drapery, headgear and numismatic motifs.

Textile industry · Textile fabrics, Ancient

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