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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the early modern period, such as HALF WORSTEDs made with linen wefts or with SILK. Worsted cloth clearly appealed to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… two houses, contains exposed ceiling-beams, some re-fixed linen-fold-panelling and some of 17th-century date. In a …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… cunstable of part of Crowle. James Browne of Areley Kings, linen weaver. Ref.110 BA1/1/27/93 (1617) To the right …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… op. cit. for 17thand 18th-cent. examples. H. Green, 'The Linen Ind. of Salop.' Ind. Arch. Rev. v. 114-18; S.R.O., q. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… arch and label; it is fitted with a door with a form of linen-fold panelling and an elaborately traceried head. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… DAMASK, DRAPERY, FILLETING, MOHAIR, SATIN, SCOTCH LINEN, TICK, VELURE See also BOOM, ELL, FOOT, INCH, NAVAL … applied to such a large variety of textiles, woollen and linen, that the descriptor probably adds little significance … dated 1832, draws attention to 'the practice in retail linen-drapers' shops of calling certain articles 'yard wide', …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Doors: In doorway of rood-loft staircaseof four linen-fold panels with moulded rails and styles, early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… numerous opulent families in the neighbourhood. Several linen factories have been established, but they are not … have been established for spinning flax for canvass, linen, sacking-thread, &c.; an extensive branch of the … is also carried on, and at Barnsley the manufacture of linen prevails. There is a considerable trade in the spinning …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1589)] had Yorkshire cloth listed among other LINEN cloths and measured by the ell, a common indication of linen manufacture. OED earliest date of use: 1753 as …