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* Linen is produced in the Middle East

Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather.

Linen is a bast fiber.

Linen is relatively easy to take care of, since it resists dirt and stains, has no lint or pilling tendency, and can be dry-cleaned, machine-washed or steamed.

Linen should not be dried too much by tumble drying: it is much easier to iron when damp because of its growth pattern.

Linen is particularly suitable for the use of oil paint.

Linen is composed of higher quality material, and remains popular with many professional artists, especially those who work with oil paint.

The Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis ( also rarely known as Liber Agramensis ) ( Latin for Linen Book of Zagreb or Book of Agram ) is the longest Etruscan text and the only extant linen book.

An exhibition about the Irish linen industry is now housed in the Irish Linen Centre, which can be found in the old Market House in Market Square.

The predominant occupation listed in the 1841 census and 1843 statistical account for Barry Parish is that of ' Linen Hand Loom Weaver '.

His very first novel which is also considered his masterpiece, Maila Anchal ( The Soiled Linen, 1954 ), was a social novel that depicted the life of rural Bihar and its people, especially the backward and the deprived.

Linen is cloth woven from, or yarn spun from the flax fibre, which was grown in Ireland for many years before advanced agricultural methods and more suitable climate led to the concentration of quality flax cultivation in northern Europe ( Most of the world crop of quality flax is now grown in Northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands ).

Linen damask weaving in Ireland has less capacity, and it is confined at very much the top end of the market for luxury end uses.

Fabric which is woven outside Ireland and brought to Ireland to be bleached / dyed and finished cannot carry the Irish Linen Guild logo, which is the Guild trademark, and signifies the genuine Irish Linen brand.

1730: The Glasgow Linen Society is formed

The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The Linen Hall Library is a unique institution.

In 1802 the Library moved into permanent premises in White Linen Hall ( from which it took its name, though legally it is still the Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge ).

Some of these linen mills survived as manufacturers and major employers into the 1960s, such as Robbs and Achesons but all eventually closed as the demand for Irish Linen fell due to the manufacture of cheaper, man made, fabrics.

A recent perusal of their support site yielded the following claim: " Zest Linen Fresh, Tropical Fresh and Tangerine Mango Twist are no longer made with synthetic ingredients.

Linen was largely made at Gladbach, leather at Malmedy, glass in the Saar district and beetroot sugar near Cologne.

Due to hard life conditions, after graduation from vocational school, 17-year-old Leszek got a job in the Textile Linen Plant in Żyrardów, while continuing his education in the evenings at the Vocational Secondary School of Electric Power Engineering.

Linen cloth recovered from Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea.

Linen typically has a thick and thin character with a crisp and textured feel to it, but it can range from stiff and rough, to soft and smooth.

Trade between Elim and Eilat furnished Frankincense and Myrrh, brought up from Ethiopia and Punt ; Bitumen and Natron, from the Dead Sea ; finely woven Linen, from Byblos ; and copper amulets, from Timna ; all mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.

Linen and cotton derive from two entirely different plants, the flax plant and the cotton plant.

Design rights started in the United Kingdom in 1787 with the Designing and Printing of Linen Act and have expanded from there.

Thebes used Nubian gold or Nub from her conquests south into Kush to facilitate the purchase of Frankincense, Myrrh, Bitumen, Natron, Juniper oil, Linen, and Copper amulets for the mummification industry at Karnak.

Since about the 1950s to 1960s the flax fibre for Irish Linen yarn has been, almost exclusively, imported from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Famous emporia include Sais where Solon went to acquire the knowledge of Egypt, Elim where Hatshepsut kept her Red Sea fleet, Elat, where Thebes was supplied with the mortuary materials, Linen, Bitumen, Naphtha, Frankincense, Myrrh, and carved stone amulets from Palestine, Canaan, Aram, Lebanon, Amon, Hazor, Moab, Edom and the Arabian Peninsula from the Arabia Petra to Midian and Punt, Olbia where cereals, fish and slaves were imported from.

Printed ephemera documenting the mid-century transformations in urban development, architecture and design include Linen Type postcards from the 1930s to the early 1950s.

Linen was an especially popular cloth during the Middle Ages in Europe, and the tradition of calling household fabric goods " linens " dates from this period.

The Street that runs from the back door of Belfast City Hall through the middle of Linen Quarter is Linen Hall Street.

In her review for Dirty Linen, Annette C. Eshleman said, " In just under three hours, viewers are able to watch as Paul evolves from a young, inexperienced folk singer wearing a backwards baseball cap to the highly respected, confident, seasoned performer that he is today ".

Linen thread has a gummy consistency if chewed, due to its pectin content ; a quality only found in bast fibers.

Linen became less common, a fact blamed on poor flax harvest and girls being poor spinners, but emphasis was added to the finest of the clothing, and a money dowry was sometimes added, particularly if the bride was regarded as having some fault.

* Linen reinforced NEMA L per MIL-I-24768 TYPE FBI NEMA LE per MIL-I-24768 TYPE FEI Good mechanical and electrical strength.

Former Head Office of the British Linen Bank in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

Linen was Scotland's premier industry in the 18th century and formed the basis for the later cotton, jute, and woollen industries.

The British Linen Company, established in 1746, was the largest firm in the Scottish linen industry in the 18th century, exporting linen to England and America.

Several prominent businesses in Bermuda have a clear Irish influence, such as the Irish Linen Shop, Tom Moore's Tavern and Flanagan's Irish Pub and Restaurant.

New players and guests traditionally connected in " The Coat Closet ", but a second area, " The Linen Closet " ( specially programmed as a silent area ) was later added as an alternative connection point.

To the east of the entry hall, hallways provide access to some individual rooms, the Linen Closet, and to the eastern wing of the house.

The third floor consists of the White House Solarium, Game Room, Linen Room, a Diet Kitchen, and another sitting room ( previously used as President George W. Bush's workout room ).

* Linen closet: A tall, narrow closet, typically located in or near bathrooms and / or bedrooms.

Linen textiles appear to be some of the oldest in the world: their history goes back many thousands of years.

Linen was sometimes used as currency in ancient Egypt.

Linen fabric feels cool to the touch.

Linen has poor elasticity and does not spring back readily, explaining why it wrinkles so easily.

Linen fabrics have a high natural luster ; their natural color ranges between shades of ivory, ecru, tan, or grey.

Linen wrinkles very easily, and so some more formal linen garments require ironing often, in order to maintain perfect smoothness.

Linen technology and science in agriculture were exhibited in " Farm and Factory " in Belfast.