Scissors and yardstick : or, All about yard goods : (1872)
Brown, C. M, Gates, C. L · Hartford, Conn. : Brown and Jaqua · leaf 68
as the figure requires. Thesuperfluous portion of these threads is sheared from theback. This variety is called the exhibition quilt. COLORED QUILT. The cheapest variety of counterpane. Colors areused in both warp and woof. Some are blue and white,others pink and white, and many are of several… … LINEN GOODS. The manufacture of linen in the United States hasnever been general or extensive. It is confined princi-pally to New York and Massachusetts, and consistschiefly of crash and threads. Its manufacture requiresso much hand labor, which is so far more expensive inthis country than in…
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