Shepherd check—Tiny checks, usually black and white.

Twilled—Woven in such a manner as to produce lines or ribs diagonally or across the surface of the fabric.

Woolens—Name of fabrics or carded wool, usually soft woven.

Worsteds—Fabrics made of combed wool, usually hard woven. The combing is the process of arranging the fibers of wool, mohair, cotton, linen, into a parallel condition, preparatory to spinning into a smooth, even and regular yarn. The perfected application of the combing principle.


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Arts and Crafts Essays$1.00
Morris, Crane, et al.Postage.10
Colonial Days in Old New England1.25
Alice Morse Earle.Postage.12
The Primitive Family1.25
Starcke.Postage.12
Man Before Metals1.75
Joly.Postage.14
Origin of Inventions1.50
Mason.Postage.16
Woman's Share in Primitive Culture1.75
Mason.Postage.16
Textiles—The Lesser Arts1.00
William Morris.Postage.10
Industrial Evolution of the United States1.25
Carroll D. Wright.Postage.16

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