Ailesham cloth

Ailesham cloth was a fine linen cloth made in England during Middle Ages.[1][2]

History

Ailesham cloth is a cloth of ancient times. Exeter Cathedral in 1327 had a towel of this cloth. Eylisham or Ailesham in Lincolnshire was famous during the fourteenth century for linen manufacturing especially for the finer naperies.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. MATHEWS, KOLANJIKOMBIL (2017). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms: Four Volume Set. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 32. ISBN 978-93-85059-66-7.
  2. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
  3. Rock, Daniel (1876). Textile Fabrics. Committee of Council on Education. p. 65.
  4. Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 1904. p. 4.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.