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]

References

^ MATHEWS, KOLANJIKOMBIL (2017). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms: Four Volume Set. Woodhead Publishing India PVT. Limited. p. 32. ISBN 978-93-85059-66-7.
^ 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.
^ Rock, Daniel (1876). Textile Fabrics. Committee of Council on Education. p. 65.
^ Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 1904. p. 4.

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[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.

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