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 23
at her wheel.Her dizzens done, shes unco weel. Ladies of even the highest families took pride in their dexterityat the spinning-wheel. The yarn thus spun at home was sent to The Paisley Thread a customer weaver, who made it into bed and table-linens.The linen chest, thus amply supplied with the… … SlIXNlNG-WHEEL. yarn spun by their grandmothers. In many cases, also, thespinning-wheel is lovingly preserved, but only now as a drawing-room ornament. So long as the spinning was done by the hand-wheel, thequality was irregular, and very rough cloth was frequently made The Bargarran Linen Thread…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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