The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 80
fromGeorgia exceeded ten thousand pounds, and the qualitywas so good as to bring three shillings more per pound inLondon than any other silk in the world. The silk culturereached its height in Georgia in 1759, and by 1772 hadpractically ceased. It was not long before cotton haddriven silk culture… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 53 mantua, 60 yards in length, was spun and woven from herown cocoons in 1770 by Mrs. Susanna Wright at Columbia,Pa., and afterwards worn as a court dress by the Queen ofEngland. By about the middle of the eighteenth centuryPhiladelphia had become an important seat of the…
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