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 28
he other materials were relatively novel. The earliest ancient history describes Eastern nationsas having already attained a high degree of skill, not onlyin the spinning and weaving of fabrics, but in their dyeingand ornamentation. On the walls of Nineveh, Babylon,Thebes, and the ancient cities of…
Textile industry
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