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Title: The textile manufactures of the ancients : embracing the history of silk, linen, cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances : deduced from Yate's (sic) Textrinum antiquorum, and other authentic sources
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Practical Manufacturer Yates, James, 1789-1871. Textrinum antiquorum
Subjects: Textile industry Textile fabrics, Ancient
Publisher: Boston : Printed for the author
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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d Sheeps-Wool and Goats-Hair:also Beavers-Wool in the portion of this division, which lies tothe North of the Mediterranean Sea, and of the rivers Padusand Ister : and Camels-Wool and Camels-Hair in the portionlying South-East of a line drawn through the coast of Syria.The nations to the North of this division clothed themselves inskins, furs, and felt. The Yellow at the Eastern corner indicates the commence-ment of the vast Region, unknown to the Ancients, theinhabitants of which clothed themselves in Silk. The Green indicates the countries, all low and bordering onrivers, in which the cloth manufactured was chiefly Linen. The Brown is designed to show the cultivation of Hemp inthe low country to the North of the Euxine Sea, and probablyin other places, North of the Red division, which were adaptedfor its growth. Lastly, the Blue, which is the colour of the Baharein Islesand of India, shows that the inhabitants of these countrieshave from time immemorial clothed themselves in Cotton.
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APPENDICES, APPENDIX A. ON PLINYS NATURAL HISTORY. Sheep and wool—Price of wool in Plinys time—Varieties of wool and where pro-duced—Coarse wool used for the manufacture of carpets—Woollen cloth ofEgypt—Embroidery—Felting—Manner of cleansing—Distaff of Tanaquil—Varro—Tunic—Toga—Undulate or waved cloth—Nature of this fabric—Fig-ured cloths in use in the days of Homer (900 B. C.)—Cloth of gold—Figuredcloths of Babylon—Damask first woven at Alexandria—Plaided textures firstwoven in Gaul—,$150,000 paid for a Babylonish coverlet—Dyeing of wool in thefleece—Observations on sheep and goats—Dioscurias a city of the Colchians—Manner of transacting business. LIB. VIII. c. 47s. 72. 50s. 76.* We are also much indebted to sheep both in sacrifices to propitiate the gods,and in the use of their fleeces. As oxen produce by cultivation the food of men,so we owe to sheep the protection of our bodies There are two prin-cipal kinds of sheep, the covered and t

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