. 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. otton, and silk werebeing woven in the East with the greatest skill, and whichwas the first material used in weaving is not known. Itis probable, however, that the possession of flocks and herdsled to the spinning and weaving of wool before either cotton,flax or silk was so used; and the fact that here and thereancient records speak of fabrics of cotton and silk as if theywere rare luxuries would indicate that linen and woolenfabrics were too common to receive
. 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. otton, and silk werebeing woven in the East with the greatest skill, and whichwas the first material used in weaving is not known. Itis probable, however, that the possession of flocks and herdsled to the spinning and weaving of wool before either cotton,flax or silk was so used; and the fact that here and thereancient records speak of fabrics of cotton and silk as if theywere rare luxuries would indicate that linen and woolenfabrics were too common to receive much attention, andthat those of the other materials were relatively novel. The earliest ancient history describes Eastern nationsas having already attained a high degree of skill, not onlyin the spinning and weaving of fabrics, but in their dyeingand ornamentation. On the walls of Nineveh, Babylon,Thebes, and the ancient cities of Peru and Mexico, through-out most of the ruins of Assyria, Persia, Egypt, and amongsimilar ruins of both North and South America, is depictedthe whole process of the textile industry, from the raising. GREEK AND ROMAN METHOD OF SPINNING AND WEAVING (From old woodcuts) THE STORY OF TEXTILES 17 of the sheep or growing of the flax to the spinning of theyarn and weaving of the fabrics. The Bible in Genesis and Exodus refers to the art,Homer, Herodotus, Confucius, and PHny, all relate tradi-tions of how and when it originated. It is a fact estab-Kshed by thousands of hieroglyphics and confirmed by theoldest of Eastern historians that the Chinese, Hindus,Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, and Hebrewspractised spinning and weaving with great skill at a veryremote period. One Chinese tradition is that silk weaving was practisedin Kiang Nan, China, in 2640 Another is that cottonoriginated in India, and that shawls and carpets werefirst woven in Persia. Fabrics of wonderful excellencewere wrought by the Egyptians certainly twenty-five hun-dred y
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