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 (1873)
Practical Manufacturer, Yates, James, 1789-1871. Textrinum antiquorum · Boston : Printed for the author · leaf 442
d Sheeps-Wool and Goats-Hair:also Beavers-Wool in the portion of this division, which lies tothe North of the Mediterranean Sea, and of the rivers Padusand Ister : and Camels-Wool and Camels-Hair in the portionlying South-East of a line drawn through the coast of Syria.The nations to the North of… … APPENDICES, APPENDIX A. ON PLINYS NATURAL HISTORY. Sheep and wool—Price of wool in Plinys time—Varieties of wool and where pro-duced—Coarse wool used for the manufacture of carpets—Woollen cloth ofEgypt—Embroidery—Felting—Manner of cleansing—Distaff of Tanaquil—Varro—Tunic—Toga—Undulate or waved…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics, Ancient
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