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 41
ed the business of weavers furnisher and heddletwine manufacturer in Cotton Street, and it may be mentioned inpassing, that he had at one time in his employment Alexander 36 The Paisley Thread Wilson, afterwards the famous American ornithologist, and authorof Watty and Meg. Thread or cord for… … Jajies Clarks House ix Coitox Street. of these small firms of twisters in Paisley in those days, and thematerial they used was principally linen. The loop or eye of the heddle was made of fine silk, as thatpart required to be particularly smooth. The silk was, of course,imported. On 20th November,…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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