Linen fabric feels cool to the touch.

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

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.

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

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

* 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.

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 ).

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 was sometimes used as currency in ancient Egypt.

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.

Common materials used in macramé include cotton twine, Linen, hemp, leather or yarn.

Linen wagons were used to carry laundry.

The Linen Books were also used, with less confidence, by another historian Aelius Tubero, who likewise wrote about myths.

Linen washed in this liquid, and afterwards rinsed in clear running water, takes on an agreeable light sky-blue colour.

* 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.