* Linen is produced in the Middle East

Linen () is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum.

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.

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 ).

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

Linen clothes are popular among both sexes.

The encyclopaedic geographic iconography of mid-century Linen Type images suggests popular middle-class attitudes about nature, wilderness, technology, mobility and the city during the Mid-20th Century.

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.

* Site describing Pneumatic Trash and Linen Systems, with photos

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.

Linen cloth can be whitened with chestnut meal.

Linen embroidered with silk and metallic thread, in a mix of counted and free-stitched stitches, including buttonhole, chain, double running, overcast, plaited braid, and square open work stitches.

Linen towel with drawn thread work accented with embroidery in stem stitch | stem and satin stitch.

Linen handkerchief decorated with three rows of hemstitching.

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

We further recommend that the most industrious attention be paid to the cultivation of Lands and American Manufacture, in their various branches, especially the Linen and Woolen ; and that the husbandry might be particularly managed with a view thereto — accordingly that the Farmer raise Flax and increase his flock of sheep to the extent of his ability.

In 1971, the Bank agreed to merge with the British Linen Bank, owned by Barclays Bank.

The town was becoming prosperous, and by 1882 it had a Head Post Office with a savings bank, insurance and telegraph departments, and branches of the Bank of Scotland and the British Linen Company, Caledonian, Commercial, North of Scotland, Royal and Union Banks, and the National Securities Savings Bank, offices or agencies of 48 insurance companies, five hotels and a newspaper.

Image: Linen Hanging 17th century. jpg | Portion of a 17th century hanging " with a conventional representation

* Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child-1663 ( canvas )

Linen twill weave fabric stiffened with baleen.

Wool and Linen were common fabrics used, though the wealthy sometimes wore fancy silk tunics, or a lesser fabric with silk trim. Germanic tunic of the 4th Century, A. D. found at the Thorsberg moor

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.

* " Gusot-Mayaman " (" gusot " means " wrinkled " and " mayaman " means " wealthy ") and Linen barong are barong that are not constructed with pina, jusi, or similarly delicate fabrics are generally considered less formal than the barong Tagalog.

Linen products associated with Jacquard weaving are linen damask napery, Jacquard apparel fabrics and damask bed linen.

Solis also encouraged and negotiated with the International Produce Market and American Linen Company to stay and / or locate in the 25th Wards Planned Manufacturing District ( PMD ) which has brought and continues to bring jobs and capital to the community.

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.

At one time, the range of products marketed as Zest comprised Aqua Pure, Energy Fresh, Linen Fresh, Ultimate Clean ( said to offer antibacterial action ), Spring Burst, Tropical Fresh, and Whitewater Fresh ; along with three liquid body washes, Spring Splash, Morning Garden, and Ocean Energy.

Along with advances in printing technique, Linen Type cards allowed for very vibrant ink colors.

Curt Teich in Chicago was the most prominent and largest printer and publisher of Linen Type postcards pioneering lithography with his " Art Colortone " process.