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A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew clothes custom-fit to individuals, and to repair clothes. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers, and similar garments, usually of wool, linen, or silk. Traditional made-to-measure tailoring is called bespoke tailoring in the United Kingdom, where the heart of the trade is in London's Savile Row, and custom tailoring in the United States and Hong Kong. Famous fictional tailors include the ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Lace-making

Lace-making is an ancient craft. Lace is a lightweight, openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often lace the open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Originally linen, silk, gold, or silver threads were used. Now lace is often made with cotton thread. Manufactured lace may be made o ...

Linen: Encyclopedia - Joachim Vadian

Joachim Vadian (November 29, 1484 – April 6, 1551), born as Joachim von Watt, was a Swiss Humanist and scholar and also mayor and reformer in St. Gallen. Vadian was born in St. Gallen into a family of wealthy and influential linen merchants. After having gone to school in St. Gallen, he moved to Vienna at the end of 1501, where he took up studies at faculty of arts the university, in particular under Conrad Celtis. In Vienna, he changed his name to "Joachimus Vadianus"; like so many other humanists, he preferred a Lati ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Benzoyl peroxide

SI units were used where possible. Unless otherwise stated, standard conditions were used. Disclaimer and references Benzoyl peroxide is a chemical in the organic peroxide family. It consists of two benzoyl groups (benzaldehyde with the H of CHO removed) joined by a peroxide group. Benzoyl peroxide - Precautions. Benzoyl peroxide, like most peroxides, is a powerful bleaching agent. Contact with fabric (including clothing and bed linens) or hair can cause permanen ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Auchtermuchty

The royal burgh of Auchtermuchty is a burgh in Fife, Scotland, situated beside Pitlour Hill nine miles north of Glenrothes. It is a Royal Burgh, established under charter of King James V in 1517. There is evidence of human habitation in the area dating back over 2,000 years, and the Romans are known to have established a camp in the southeast corner of the town. In the past, the linen industry was a major source of work in the town, but in the early 18th century the firm of John White was established, bringing the town its first found ...

Linen: Encyclopedia - Aida cloth

Aida cloth is a coarse, open-weave, even-weave fabric traditionally used for cross-stitch embroidery. Aida cloth is manufactured with various size spaces or holes between the warp and weft to accommodate different thicknesses of yarn or thread. These are described in count – that is, 10-count aida cloth has 10 holes per linear inch. Typical sizes are 7-, 10-, 11-, 12- and 14 count. The fabric is relatively stiff for ease of use and is made from linen, cotton, or blends. Traditional colours are white, "natural" (off-white), or shades of tan and brown, alth ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Crinoline

Crinoline was originally a stiff fabric with a weft of horse-hair and a warp of cotton or linen thread. The fabric first appeared around 1830, but by 1850 the word had come to mean a stiffened petticoat or rigid skirt-shaped structure of steel designed to support the skirts of a woman’s dress into the required shape. Crinoline - Origin of the word. The name 'crinoline' was invented by one of the fabric's manufacturers, who combined the Latin words crinis (meaning hair) and linum (meaning fla ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Authenticity reenactment

In historical reenactment, authenticity (sometimes referred to as the A-factor or simply A) is a measure of how close an item, prop, action, weapon, or custom is, to what would actually have been used or done in the time period being depicted. For example, in medieval reenactment cotton would be considered an inauthentic material (opposed to wool or linen, for example), although it would be deemed authentic in reenactment of certain modern periods and events, such as the American Civil War or World War 2. The same is true for the various ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Coffee filter

A coffee filter is a coffee-brewing utensil, usually made of disposable paper, but recently stainless steel. The stainless steel version is used to prepare filter coffee, the form of coffee common in India. In 1908, the first paper coffee filter was created by Melitta Bentz of Germany. She was a housewife who wanted to remove the bitter taste caused by boiling loose grounds or using the typical method of linen to brew coffee. She thought that if she could pour boiling water over the grounds, but filter them out, the bitterness would be reduced. She used her son’s blotter paper. Bentz and her husband stat ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Tapestry

Tapestry is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a weaving-loom. The chain thread is the carrier in which the coloured striking thread is woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created. Most weavers use a naturally based chain thread made out of linen or wool. The striking threads can be made out of silk, wool, gold or silver, but can also be made out of any form of textile. Both craftsmen and artists have produced tapestries. The 'blueprints' on cartboard were made by a famous artist, while the ta ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia - Sewing

Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth. Sewing is used primarily to produce clothing and household furnishings as curtains, bedclothes, upholstery, and table linens. It is also used for sails, bellows, skin boats, and other items shaped out of f ...

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Linen: Encyclopedia II - County Antrim - History

At what date the county of Antrim was formed is not known, but it appears that a certain district bore this name before the reign of Edward II (early 14th century), and when the shiring of Ulster was undertaken by Sir John Perrot in the 16th century, Antrim and Down were already recognized divisions, in contradistinction to the remainder of the province. The earliest known inhabitants were of Celtic origin, and the names of the townlands or subdivisions, supposed to have been made in the l3th century, are pure Celtic. Antrim was exposed to the inroads of the Danes, and also of the northern Scots, who u ...

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