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 . EGYPTIAN TUNIC {From an Exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) A tunic from a Coptic grave in Egypt dating from the first to the seventhcentury Into the garment of plain basket weave are woven withreddish-violet wool and white linen threads circular medallions and bandsof ornaments. The garment was made in one piece and sewed togetherunder the PERUVIAN TUNIC(From an Exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Woven with cotton, decorated with bord
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 . EGYPTIAN TUNIC {From an Exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) A tunic from a Coptic grave in Egypt dating from the first to the seventhcentury Into the garment of plain basket weave are woven withreddish-violet wool and white linen threads circular medallions and bandsof ornaments. The garment was made in one piece and sewed togetherunder the PERUVIAN TUNIC(From an Exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Woven with cotton, decorated with borders of tapestry weaving of coloredwools. The red wools are dyed, while the yellow and brown are the naturalcolor of the Vicuna and the alpaca wools. It shows the high skill reachedby the Peruvians in the textile industry before the Spanish Conquest. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 33 mother is referred to as skilful in spinning. Althoughearly English history is full of allusions to the textile in-dustry, the English products could not compare with thoseof the Continent. At various times, beginning with thereign of William the Conqueror, who allowed Flemishweavers to settle at Carlisle under the protection of thequeen, there were immigrations of skilled Flemish work-men caused by the Continental wars and persecutions,and little by little these immigrants established the higherindustry here and there in England. Henry II., who reigned from 1154 to 1189, inauguratedthe cloth fair in the churchya
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