Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 192
how manyhands prepare our cloth-ing and other materials.What is meant by break-ing flax ? Breaking meansremoving the dry woodportion which has been decomposed by the retting.This is sometimes done by means of a hand break. Inthe picture (Fig. 107) you will see a little girl of PleasantValley… … Fig. 107. Courtesy of Speyer School, New York.Flax breaking done by hand. i8o CLOTHING AND HEALTH
Sewing · Clothing and dress
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