Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 260
AVING AND SEWING. 249 tended for this purpose was sometimes previously boiled,probably in order to facilitate the operation of crushing it. VI. WEAVING AND SEWING. After food comes clothing; hence spinning and weavingare of the most remote antiquity (figs. 123, 124). Woodenspindles and tissues of… … Fig. 123. Piece of tissuk found at Robeniiausen. (Afier Lu-bbock.) time it was discovered. Linen thread or bark fibre wasused to sew the garments of woven stuffs or of skins inwhich the inhabitants of the lake cities clothed themselves.Those of tlie caves used a throad made from split…
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