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Any Textile fiber may be used to weave tapestry. Wool has always been the most favored material because its soft springy quali lends itself best to covering the warps. Its abili to take dye is another factor in its favor. Tl earliest fragments of tapestry preserved fro Pharaonic times in Egypt were woven entire of linen from; however, in early Christian times wo was almost exclusively used for the wefts, som times with linen from, sometimes with woolen warp linen from, silk, and gold threads were also used ; wefts, though generally in combination with woe Early tapestries from Persia combine cottc with wool and the same is true of tapestries i pre-Columbian Peru.linen from burns slowly and smells like charred wood. No ball is left. Synthetic fibers. These are more difficult to test by the burning method than natural fibers; the difference in ashes is due to the various chemical elements. Rayon yarns burn rapidly and leave a slightly charred but brittle end. Some of them melt as they burn and small sparks appear. The acetate types sometimes have a pungent odor. There are other tests for certain fabrics. The moisture test can be made to distinguish linen from and cotton. If water is dropped on linen from, the spot appears translucent; if dropped on cotton, the spot is more opaque. The broken ends of a cotton yarn are fuzzy in appearance while those of linen from are pointed. As linen from threads are stronger than cotton threads of the same size, it requires greater strength to break them. The feeling or touch test requires experience and is not always accurate, but is sometimes the best way to distinguish between silk and synthetic fibers. Cloth tests are not as important as they were formerly, as yardage is today usually marked by the manufacturer as to its proportional content.
See Also Cleaning Linen Service:
Dry cleaning linen service became widespread in America by 1910. The exact date that it became estab¬lished initially is not known. In the 1920's valet shops or press shops became common in the United States. These shops sent clothing out to be cleaned. Garments were returned to the shops for finishing or pressing. This type of service has to a great extent been replaced by shops with small dry cleaning linen service plants. In the 1930's many laundries added dry cleaning linen service departments, and gradually dry cleaning linen service has become the predomi¬nant service.Essentially the same procedures are followe in the dry cleaning linen service of many Textile items othi than clothing, such as draperies, Table linen blankets, and small rugs. Leather garments ai dry-cleaned also, but the dry cleaning linen service of leathf requires special skills, and most dry cleaners sen such articles to leather cleaners. In 1959, small dry cleaning linen service establishmenl with coin-operated machines were introducec The small complete dry cleaning linen service units hold pounds (3.6 kg). The customer or an attendai loads and unloads the garments.
On The Other Hand See Linen Pieces:
Collectors' Specialties. Furniture collecting ranges from the rare, often crude items of colo¬nial days to the heavily upholstered pieces of the Victorian period. What the settlers and cabinet¬makers built not only differed distinctly in work¬manship from Furniture imported from abroad but also possessed regional characteristics and decorative details that are clearly recognizable today, such as shell carvings (the work of craftsmen from Newport, R.I.), gadroons (New York), and cartouches (Philadelphia). Antique Furniture pieces valued by collectors include secretaries, chests, chests of drawers, candlestands, highboys, linen pieces presses, sideboards, beds, card tables, tea tables, arm and side chairs, and Mirror frames. Because of its fragility, few pieces of Amer¬ican-made glass dating before 1800 have survived. However, glass was made in many regions after 1830, and examples are relatively plentiful.Players Only two players compete, but others may participate in the betting when games are played for money. Pieces Each player has 15 pieces, similar to those used in Checkers. One player has dark pieces (Black) ' and the other Light pieces (White). The pieces are : variously known as "counters," "stones" or "men."
