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A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, linen, wool and other fibrous substances (1892)

Cole, George S. [from old catalog] · Chicago, W. B. Conkey company] · leaf 378

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represented in picturesand sculptures 3,000 years old, bears a singular resemblance to those nowin use. The upright loom of Penelope differed but slightly from the handlooms of the Gobelin factory in France, where some of the finest texturesin the world are wrought. In Palestine, also, the weaver…

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