The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool, and other fibrous substances
Subtitle: including observations on spinning, dyeing and weaving. Also an account of the pastoral life of the ancients, their social state and attainments in the domestic arts, with appendices on Pliny's Natural history; on the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper; on felting, netting, &c deduced from copious and authentic sources.
Publisher: C. M. Saxton; E. R. Fellows
Published: 1853
Place of publication: New York; New London, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Agriculture -- History.; Cotton.; Fibers.; Linen.; Sericulture.; Sheep.; Silk.; Wool.