Flax and Linen

von Patricia Baines

32 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A compact, pocket history of the use and production of flax for textile making.Flax has been cultivated for thousands of years to produce the fibre to make linen. This book gives an account of the processes and tools involved in the production of linen from flax. The traditional methods, when the work was done by hand, are described, as well as some of the improvements and machines that have been developed.

• Reihe: Shire Publications
• ISBN: 9780852637272
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2003
• Größe: 210 x 149 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc