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.

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.

In 1857 the new stone arch cost $ 3, 200 to build and was paid for by the Willimantic Linen Co. ( Willimantic Thread ) and an eight percent tax hike on the town ’ s richest citizens.

Defunct retailer Pacific Linen was once based in Bothell until 1996.

He was a member of the Linen Hall library and the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society.

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.

During 1825 the business was listed as ' Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail ', but this partnership was dissolved at the end of that year.

The merchant banking division of the Bank of Scotland was relaunched as British Linen Bank ( now known as HBOS Treasury Services ).

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.

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 ).

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.

In 1897 the family firm became a public company, Heelas Sons and Co. Ltd, and in 1890 the House of Heelas was appointed Linen Drapers and House Furnishers to the then Prince of Wales.

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

Keep It Simple was recorded in Sickmen's apartment in Charlottesville's Linen Building, also by Cole who did the sound engineering on both recordings.

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

As the Library's centenary approached it was hit by another setback as it lost its premises in White Linen Hall to make way for the construction of the new City Hall.

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 was especially very expensive in Nanjing, so they bought the linen in Wuhu and shipped it to Nanjing.

Colonel Barbour was founder and president of The Linen Thread Company, Inc., a successful thread manufacturing enterprise having much business in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland.

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

* Altar cloth ( sometimes called the " Fair Linen ")

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 ).

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.

Linen produces a cool fabric that wrinkles heavily, and is mostly used in light summer shirts.

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

* 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.

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.

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

Linen is a bast fiber.

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 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 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 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.

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.