The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . LINEN MUMMY CLOTHS {From an Exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Specimens from Egypt, date about 1545-1350 The hiero-glyphics are painted yellow and outlined with black. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 29 first material spun by early man; for flocks and herdsand a pastoral existence was the first upward step in civ-ilization from the primitive conditions of savagery. Prim-itive sheep were covered with hair, and the wool which nowcharacterizes them was a downy
The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . LINEN MUMMY CLOTHS {From an Exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Specimens from Egypt, date about 1545-1350 The hiero-glyphics are painted yellow and outlined with black. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 29 first material spun by early man; for flocks and herdsand a pastoral existence was the first upward step in civ-ilization from the primitive conditions of savagery. Prim-itive sheep were covered with hair, and the wool which nowcharacterizes them was a downy undercoat. As timeprogressed and the art of spinning and weaving developed,the food value of sheep decreased as their wool value in-creased, and the hairy flocks were bred out and sheep withtrue wool succeeded. Even now the growing of hair amongthe wool of old or neglected sheep is an atavistic return tothe original condition. Although the best quality and greatest quantity of woolcomes from sheep, it is also found on many fur-bearing ani-mals, such as the angora goat, cashmere goat, camel,alpaca, and the llama. No less than si
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