Turner, Annabell · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 104
references to flax inEgj^pt. This was about 1715 B. C. The refer-ence to ^^fine linen would indicate that the in-dustry had reached a high state of development.Mummy cloths 4,000 years old show linen ofquite a fine quality. From Egj^pt linen culture spread to Babylon,to Greece, and to Rome. Great… … Flax in Different Stages of its Preparation forWeaving 91 92 THE STUDY OF FABRICS used almost entirely where today cotton is used.Since the industrial revolution, cotton has re-placed linen for many purposes. It can neverreplace linen for table service and many otherpurposes, because it lacks…
Textile fabrics · Clothing and dress
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