Linen, from the raw material to the finished product
- Author(s): Alfred S Moore
- Category: Textiles, Clothing & Accessories
- Publisher: Printed By Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons
- ISBN: 9678000006950
- Number of Pages: 160
When an industry like linen has attained the magnitude of third place in our textile industries, surely little apology is necessary in sending forth this little volume in the hope that thousands, who are as yet uninitiated in all the multitude of diverse processes which intervene between the pretty flax plant in the fields and the finished dainty cambric handkerchief in the hands of Her Majesty, the Queen of England, may find both interest and instruction. Cotton may have its probable limitation with regard to its users, but linen is universal and cosmopolitan, being found in some form or other alike in the cottage of the labourer and in the palace of the sovereign.
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Copyright
INTRODUCTORY
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I - LINEN IN HISTORY
CHAPTER II - FOUNDATION OF IRISH LINEN TRADE
CHAPTER III - THE IRISH LINEN BOARD
CHAPTER IV - THE LINEN TRADE AS IT IS
CHAPTER V - THE RAW MATERIAL FLAX GROWING
CHAPTER VI - PREPARING THE FLAX
CHAPTER VII - THE SPINNING MILL
CHAPTER VIII - WINDING, WARPING, AND WEAVING
CHAPTER IX - BLEACHING AND FINISHING
CHAPTER X - VARIETIES OF LINEN
CHAPTER XI - GRADING OF LINEN
CHAPTER XII - MAKING UP AND MARKETING
CHAPTER XIII - CONDITIONS OF WORK
CHAPTER XIV - COMBINATION AND WAGES
INDEX