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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of the better sort are lately got into the use of looms, weaving coarse cloth for themselves and Negroes; and our new …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… that can ever turn their thoughts to raising of sheep, weaving, spinning and other arts which interfere with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but is not worked. The population is partly engaged in the weaving of ribbons. The living is a discharged vicarage, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… balls, of which about 10,000 are annually made; and the weaving of linen, for the manufacturers of Dundee. The Trade … are, the spinning of yarn from flax and tow, the weaving of canvass and sail-cloth, brown and bleached linens, …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… business there although some workers probably continued weaving at Ansford. 2 Five weavers of both sexes were … and 51 children. The infants learnt embroidery and mat weaving and an evening school was kept. Average attendance …
Survey of London
… Soho, or in areas adjacent to it. The history of tapestry weaving in this period is, however, obscure, and it is … active, and by no means negligible in quality. Tapestry weaving in Soho derived ultimately from the workshops which … the end of the century 'the English tradition of tapestry-weaving came to an end. The newer, lighter styles of …
The Port and Trade of Early Elizabethan London: Documents
… 157. Eeklo ('Ecclo') was an important centre of linen-weaving. Eels, 564; dole, 89; pimper-, 216; shaft-, 239; …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… this purpose, with a short allowance of bread and water, weaving wool or doing some other work. In this same house …