Flax Production in the Seventeenth Century
Feb 26, 2015 · L. angustifolium grows wild in Briton and was employed as early as 3000 BC by the Swiss Lake dwellers. Because these people centered their communities over swampy areas, many wooden and fiber artifacts have survived from their culture.
Irish Linen Industry, Ran by Our Ancestors: Flax Growers List of 1796
May 1, 2021 · Linen is made from the flax plant which had been cultivated in Ireland since ancient times. Two-thousand-year-old evidence of flax curing has been found in Irish bogs and early Irish Brehon Laws dictated that every farmer had to learn and practice the cultivation of flax.
basin, the flax plant (linum was introduced into north-western Europe by the Romans. As an industrial crop it took its place in European agriculture alongside the cultivation of hemp, and dye plants such as madder and woad and from the Early Middle Ag.
The History of Flax Plants: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern ...
Feb 3, 2024 · Ancient Threads: Evidence suggests flax cultivation dates back to 8,000 BC in Mesopotamia. Its strong yet flexible fibers made it ideal for weaving linen, a prized fabric revered for its coolness, durability, and beauty. Ancient Egyptians wrapped their mummies in linen, believing it aided their journey to the afterlife.
The Flax Project: History Department, University of New Hampshire
There was an extensive network of flax growers, spinners and linen weavers working throughout New Hampshire and the Seacoast region in the 18 th and into the 19 th centuries. The weft-woven stripes indicate that the fabric was turned and cut horizontally to obtain the vertical striping implying a definite style choice and economical use of the ...
History of Irish Linen and Flax
Records show the use of flax as a textile in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) during the Neolithic period (from 10,000 B.C. to 4000BC or so), and flax (seeds) and linen cloth were used by the ancient Egyptians.
A Little History on Flax to Linen – EartHand Gleaners Society
Mar 16, 2017 · A Little History on Flax to Linen. Almost thirty years ago in 1989, Mavis Atton’s book Flax Culture: from flower to fabric was published by Ginger Press, a chronicle of Atton’s experiments growing and producing hand spun flax in Georgian Bay, Ontario.
History of Flax · Flax · Omeka S - Pennsylvania State University
The earliest evidence of domestication of flax comes from northwestern Iraq circa 5000 BCE. Linen textiles shed dirt easily, are absorbent but dry quickly, and become softer to the touch the more they are used.
A Cottage Industry in the Glen of Imaal - Donard Imaal History
Jul 12, 2020 · In the early 19th century flax growing was carried out in the Glen of Imaal. This may have been connected to the linen industry which had flourished in neighbouring Stratford on Slaney at the end of the 18th century.
Flax | Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of …
Dec 14, 2023 · Using James Gibson’s concept of affordance, this chapter shows how the eighteenth century’s paternalistic reformulation of Anglo-Irish relations originated in and disseminated through the material process of altering the flax plant into fine, white thread. Female flax dressers and spinners came to be portrayed, like flax itself, as a ...