The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 158
epthen, but now the gradient has been much improved (p. 141).The Canal Railway crosses near the top of the brae. In thed.iys of old Paisley the path by the banks of the canal was afavourite walk. Here the shawl desioners were wont to take Transition 149 their mid-day dauner to stretch their legs… … Taxnahii.i. Conceht. are now happily preserved in the Museum, will be astonished noless at the beauty than at the extreme microscopical minutenessof detail in their works. Such charming designs could only beworked out by men of considerable culture and refined taste.Every day about noon they ceased…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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