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articles

Arts and Decoration

Luxurious Linens and Rare Laces, ---. Arts and Decoration, June 25, 1980, 3 pages. Note: Reduced to 80 % to fit on page. Posted June 24, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.2 MB PDF


Baldwin's Textile Designer

Manufacture of Linen in Ireland, ---. Baldwin's Textile Designer, Vol. 2, No. 9 (September 1889), 3 pages. Posted January 25, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 608 KB PDF


Domestic Encyclopedia

Linen, ---. Domestic Encyclopedia, 1821, 1 page. Posted February 16, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF


Great Industries of the United States

Linen Collar and Cuff Manufacture, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 10 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Irish Textile Journal

Practical Instructions in Linen Weaving, ---. Irish Textile Journal, March 1893, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 584 KB PDF


Living Age

Linen Trade of France, ---. Living Age, 2 pages. Posted May 3, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF


Magazine of Art

Design in Linen Damask, Trobridge, George. Magazine of Art, 1900, 24 pages. Posted June 20, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 976 KB PDF


Manufacturer and Builder

Lisioux and its Linen Factories, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1 page. Posted March 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 684 KB PDF


[Pattern Book of Old Italian Linen Embroidery], ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1 page. Note: Review. Posted March 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF


Roofing Linen, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1 page. Posted March 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 484 KB PDF


To Remove Stains from Linen, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Master Weaver

How Not to Weave Linen, ---. Master Weaver, No. 1 December 1951, 5 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 970 KB PDF


Linen, ---. Master Weaver, No. 20 March 1955, 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 559 KB PDF


The Linen Manufacturer, Poddie, Alexander. Master Weaver, No. 20 March 1955, 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 505 KB PDF


Minnesota Weaver

Of Fiber - Summer Clothing, Broughton, Rose. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 2 No. 9 (June 1977), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 506 KB PDF


Of Fiber - Mercerizing, Beetling, Ingebretsen, Catherine. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 2 No. 3 (November 1976), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 522 KB PDF


Swatch Page - Working with Linen, Rosner, Joy. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 1 No. 9 (Summer 1976), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 629 KB PDF


Needlecraft Magazine

What Other Needleworkers Have Found Out, ---. Needlecraft, Vol. XI No. 1 (September 1919), 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Comb. Posted September 3, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 535 KB PDF


Chamber Linens, Godfrey, Sarah Bates. Needlecraft Magazine 1, November 1912, Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted July 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.62 MB PDF


Little Linens For The Luncheon And Breakfast Table, Kucera, C. J. Needlecraft Magazine , Vol. XIII No. 12, August 1922, 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted July 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.13 MB PDF


New International Encyclopedia

Linen, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 1 page. Posted February 14, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 556 KB PDF


Philosophical Transactions

New Engine to make Linen-Cloth without the Help of an Artificer, de Gennes. Philosophical Transactions, 1677, 3 pages. Posted December 22, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF


Weaver

Variety on a Long Linen Warp, Carr, Veva N. Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 4 (October-November 1939), 4 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 240 KB PDF


A Study in Doiley (sic) Design, Fowle, Florence Cathcart. Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 3 (July 1938), 5 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF


Personalized Linens, Ivey, Beta. Weaver, Vol. 3 No. 4 (October 1938), 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 615 KB PDF


Attractive Luncheon Sets, Kaler, Gladys R. Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 3 (July-August 1940), 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 168 KB PDF


Peasant Lunch Sets of Linen Floss, Kaler, Gladys R. Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 2 (April 1939), 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 94 KB PDF


Casual Table Mats, Roberts, Dorothy S. Weaver, Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-February 1941), 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 131 KB PDF


Fascinating Linens for Luncheons, Roberts, Dorothy S. Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 1 (January-February 1940), 4 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 261 KB PDF


Table Mats for Busy Housewives, Ryan, Josephine Marie. Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 4 (October-November 1940), 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 244 KB PDF


Workers of the Nation

Linen Manufacture, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 2 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF


Zell's Encyclopedia

Linen, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF


books

Very, Edith. Warp and Woof: The Story of the Textile Arts. Part I The Linen Industry, Educational Publishing Co., 1912, 75 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.1 MB PDF


illustrations

---. [Bleaching Field Near One of Belfast's Linen Mills], Harper's New Monthly, 1907, 1 page. Posted February 3, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF


monographs

Bremner, David. "Linen and Jute Manufactures" from Industries of Scotland, Adam and Charles Black, 1869, 57 pages. Posted April 14, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF


Budd, Thomas. Good Order Established in Pennsylvania & New-Jersey, 1685, 39 pages. Posted April 13, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.1 MB PDF


Hickman, Elmer Wallace. Contemporary Linens, self published, 14 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted October 28, 2001. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.6 MB PDF


Hickman, Elmer Wallace. Glamorous Table Linens, self published, 16 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted October 28, 2001. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF


Hickman, Elmer Wallace. Linens on Parade, self published, 13 pages. Note: Published without copyright notice. Posted October 28, 2001. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.6 MB PDF


Young, Helen Daniels. Heritage Linens with Modern Ideas, self published, 1958, 32 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted November 19, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5 MB PDF


other

---. The Particlar Grievances of those his Majesties Subjects throughout England and Wales, which Lie Under the Oppression of George Woods Patent for the Sole Printing upon Linnen cloth, 1621, 1 page. Posted January 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 992 KB PDF


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