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Textile made from spun flax fibre
Linen (/ˈlɪnən/) is a textile made from the bast fibers of the flax plant. Linen cloth has been produced since ancient times primarily for use in clothing
Linen
Fabric household goods intended for daily use
Linens, also referred to uncountably as linen, are fabric household goods intended for daily use, such as bedding, tablecloths, and towels. "Linens" may
Linens
Storage unit for textiles
Traditionally, a linen-press (or just press) is a cabinet, usually of woods such as oak, walnut, or mahogany, and designed for storing or pressing sheets
Linen-press
Topics referred to by the same term
linen or linens in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen or linens may
Linen_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Dirty Linen may refer to: Dirty Linen (magazine), a magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land, a pair
Dirty_Linen
Type of armor from ancient Greece
term based on the Greek λινοθώραξ, which means "wearing a breastplate of linen"; a number of ancient Greek and Latin texts from the 6th century BC to the
Linothorax
1978 fragrance
White Linen is an aldehydic floral fragrance released in 1978 by Estée Lauder alongside Celadon (a green floral with notes of jonquil) and Pavilion (a
White_Linen
Philippine mystery drama television
Dirty Linen is a Philippine mystery drama television series airing on Kapamilya Channel. Directed by Onat A. Diaz, Andoy L. Ranay and Raymond B. Ocampo
Dirty_Linen_(TV_series)
Pleated linen is a form of processing linen which results in a fabric which is heavily pleated and does not crease like normal linen fabric. The earliest
Pleated_linen
Brand name for linen woven in Ireland
Irish linen (Irish: Línéadach Éireannach) is the name given to linen produced in Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
Irish_linen
Species of bacterium
Brevibacterium linens is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium. It is the type species of the family Brevibacteriaceae. Brevibacterium linens is ubiquitously
Brevibacterium_linens
Trademark
Belgian Linen is a registered trademark of the Belgian Flax and Linen Association, a trade association that represents over 1,500 artisans and companies
Belgian_Linen
From the late 19th century until the middle of the 20th century, drafting linen, also known as drafting cloth, was commonly used as an alternative to wood-pulp
Drafting_linen
Clothes worn under other clothes
Egyptian king Tutankhamun (1341 BC – 1323 BC) was found buried with numerous linen loincloths of this style. An alternate form is more skirt-like: a cloth
Underwear
Scottish bank founded in 1746
The British Linen Bank was a commercial bank based in the United Kingdom. It was acquired by the Bank of Scotland in 1969 and served as the establishment's
British_Linen_Bank
Strong heavy linen cloth, primarily used for butchers' aprons
Butcher's linen (Butcher linen) was a strong heavy linen cloth. It was a strong and durable fabric used primarily for butchers' aprons. It was a plain
Butcher's_linen
Type of cloth
[ʃaʕatˈnez]; Hebrew: שַׁעַטְנֵז šaʿaṭnēz) is cloth containing both wool and linen (linsey-woolsey), which Jewish law, derived from the Torah, prohibits wearing
Shatnez
Area of Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Linen Quarter is an area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the great many linen warehouses that are still present in the area
Linen_Quarter,_Belfast
Varieties of the color white
origin of the RGB coordinates is not known. Linen #FAF0E6 An X11 color, representing the whitish color of the linen cloth. Beige Lists of colors Shades of
Shades_of_white
Textile covering for an altar
white linen. Another interpretation used two cloths and compared them with the body and soul of Christ. Special cloths (not necessarily made of linen) cover
Altar_cloth
American home furnishings retailer
Linens 'n Things, Inc. is an online retailer and former department store specializing in home textiles, housewares, and decorative home accessories. Based
Linens_'n_Things
Magnifying device
A linen tester is a strong magnifier with a measuring scale and a built-in stand. The linen tester was invented to check the quality of woven fabrics
Linen_tester
Species of flowering plant
made from flax are known in English as linen and are traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen. Its seeds are known as flaxseed or
Flax
Libeco is a Belgian textile company which manufactures and distributes linen and linen products. The company grew out of the merger of Libeco and Lagae on
Libeco
Filipino embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt
can be worn tucked or untucked. Gusót-mayaman and linen barong are barongs made with linen or linen-like fabrics (like ramie). The name, loosely translated
Barong_tagalog
Professional association founded 1928
Irish Linen Guild is a promotional organization of the Irish linen industry that was founded in 1928. The Guild's main role is to promote Irish linen in
Irish_Linen_Guild
Subscription library in Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing
Linen_Hall_Library
Novel by Andrew Greeley
Irish Linen is the tenth of the Nuala Anne McGrail series of mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest and author Father Andrew M. Greeley. "Irish Linen: A
Irish_Linen
American laundry, linen, and uniform-rental company
Alsco Uniforms (originally American Linen & Supply Company) is an American laundry, linen, and uniform-rental company based in Salt Lake City. In 2008
Alsco_Uniforms
American musician and businesswoman (1959–2025)
marrying him in 1991 and assisting with his novels. In 2001, she co-founded a linens and home furnishings store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she and Hackman
Betsy_Arakawa
American fantasy drama TV series (2011–2019)
of Thrones Studio Tour, will be located at former show filming location Linen Mill Studios outside Belfast. Studies showed that the series had an overall
Game_of_Thrones
Enclosed space used for storage, particularly that of clothes
wardrobe can also be a "large cupboard or cabinet for storing clothes or other linen", including "built-in wardrobe, fitted wardrobe, walk-in wardrobe, etc."
Closet
Soft, plain-woven cotton or linen fabric with a lustrous finish
bleached, piece-dyed, and often glazed or calendered. Initially it was made of linen; from the 18th and 19th centuries the term came to apply to cotton fabrics
Cambric
Most basic type of textile weave
Plain weave (also called tabby weave, linen weave or taffeta weave) is the most basic of three fundamental types of textile weaves (along with satin weave
Plain_weave
stitch Linen stitch is a pattern that creates a tightly knit fabric that resembles woven linen. Tailored garments are especially suited for the linen stitch
List_of_knitting_stitches
By-gone American bi-monthly magazine covering folk music
Dirty Linen was a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland, US. The magazine ceased publication in the spring of 2010
Dirty_Linen_(magazine)
Bed covering fabrics
Bedding, also called bedclothes or bed linen, is the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth, protection of the mattress, and decorative
Bedding
Anna's Linens was an American retailer. It was based in Costa Mesa, California. The company was founded in 1987 by Alan Gladstone, who named the store
Anna's_Linens
Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe
Jimson Weed is an oil on linen painting by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe from 1936, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana
Jimson_Weed_(painting)
Pakistani textile company
nee-SHAHT) is a Pakistani textile company based in Lahore. It produces yarn, linen, and other products made from raw cotton and synthetic fibers. It is one
Nishat_Mills_Limited
1960s–1998 conflict in Northern Ireland
British Army Historical Document "Northern Ireland Political Collection". Linen Hall Library. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 25
The_Troubles
Furniture enclosing items stored in a home
fabrics to keep them dry. Some variants of airing cupboards also serve as the linen cupboard, the storing area of the household's clean sheets and towels. In
Cupboard
Cloth bearing the alleged image of Jesus
also known as the Holy Shroud (Italian: Sacra Sindone), is a length of linen cloth that bears a faint image of the front and back of a naked man. Because
Shroud_of_Turin
The Living Linen Project was set up in 1995 as an oral archive of the knowledge of the Irish linen industry still available within a nucleus of people
Living_Linen
Heavy-duty plain-woven fabric
Although historically made from hemp, modern canvas is usually made of cotton, linen, or sometimes polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It differs from other heavy cotton
Canvas
Color of unbleached linen or silk
yellow or cream colour. It initially indicated the colour of unbleached linen (approximately #FEFEE0 ), and some English dictionaries still define it
Ecru
Art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn
fabric such as embroidery canvas, aida cloth, or specially woven cotton and linen fabrics. Examples include cross-stitch and some forms of blackwork embroidery
Embroidery
Taiwanese actress and model
Lene Lai (Chinese: 賴琳恩; pinyin: Lài Lín'ēn; born 6 June 1989) is a Taiwanese actress and model. She was the 2nd runner-up of the Miss Asia Pageant 2008
Lene_Lai
1939 film
Linen from Ireland (German: Leinen aus Irland) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Otto Treßler, Irene von Meyendorff, and
Linen_from_Ireland
English singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994)
museums, including a blue velvet suit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, linen trousers at the Design Museum, and a leather suit in the Grammy Museum at
Harry_Styles
English writer and journalist (1812–1870)
shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen". Dickens's second novel, Oliver Twist (1839), shocked readers with its
Charles_Dickens
Cellulose-based semi-synthetic fiber
the feel and texture of natural fibers such as silk, wool, cotton, and linen. It can be woven or knitted to make textiles for clothing and other purposes
Rayon
To Linenize or Linenizing is the process transforming paper, cloth, cotton to attain properties of Linen, a textile made from flax plant fibers or Linens
Linenize
Historic district in Massachusetts, United States
The Stevens Linen Works Historic District encompasses a 19th-century factory complex associated with the manufacturing of linen and flax fabric in Dudley
Stevens Linen Works Historic District
Stevens_Linen_Works_Historic_District
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
By the 10th century, dining shifted from reclining to tables with clean linen. The introduction of the fork and salad dressing (with oil and vinegar)
Byzantine_Empire
Linen used for household purposes, such as table linen
Napery (from Old French naperie) is linen used for household purposes, such as table linen. Historically it was the office in a medieval household responsible
Napery
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Official portrait of Kennedy at the White House. Her pleated linen dress was designed by Irish fashion designer Sybil Connolly.
Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis
Type of pile fabric
velvet was typically made from silk. Modern velvet can be made from silk, linen, cotton, wool, synthetic fibers, silk-cotton blends, or synthetic-natural
Velvet
Ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts
Cave 1 site yielded discoveries of additional Dead Sea Scroll fragments, linen cloth, jars, and other artefacts. In November 1951, de Vaux and his team
Dead_Sea_Scrolls
Type of whitework embroidery from Norway
of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes
Hardanger_embroidery
Loose-fitting shirt-like underwear for women
from thin, smooth fine linen.[citation needed] Chemises during the period up to the 15th century were most often made from linen. Over time cotton chemise
Chemise
Cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial
Shaddai. Traditionally, mound shrouds are made of white cotton, wool or linen, though any material can be used so long as it is made of natural fibre
Shroud
American singer-songwriter (born 1984)
extensively, both with the band and as a solo artist. Her first album, Like the Linen, was released in 2005 and led to a tour as a solo artist supporting Laura
Thao_Nguyen
Small fastener
which listed buttons made of vegetable ivory, metal, glass, galalith, silk, linen, cotton-covered crochet, lead, snap fasteners, enamel, rubber, buckhorn
Button
Part of the United Kingdom
community since the mid-19th century, when Jewish merchants involved in the linen trade settled in Belfast, forming part of the city’s social and cultural
Northern_Ireland
Decorative leather or fabric strips worn by Roman and Greek soldiers
Pteruges formed a defensive skirt of leather or multi-layered fabric (linen) strips or lappets worn hanging from the waists of Roman and Greek cuirasses
Pteruges
In 1855 it was presented to the US Naval Academy. In 1913 it received a linen backing during preservation treatments by Amelia Fowler, who would also
Flag_of_the_United_States
Books written on linen in ancient Rome
known as the linen rolls, were a collection of books in ancient Rome written on linen, a technique attributed to the Etruscans. The Roman Linen Rolls have
Libri_lintei
Type of rare fabric
thought to be fine linen cloth, not sea silk. In Ancient Egyptian burial customs, byssus was used to wrap mummies; this was also linen and not sea silk
Sea_silk
1999 film
Dirty Linen (Italian: Panni sporchi) is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film
Dirty_Linen_(film)
Openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand
fabric. Lace is commonly used as an embellishment for clothing or household linens. The origin of lace is unclear, however the earliest examples are from 16th-century
Lace
clothing include white linen kilts, sheath dresses, bag-tunics, and mantles; usekh collars; sandals; and wigs. In ancient Egypt, linen was by far the most
Clothing_in_ancient_Egypt
Island in the North Atlantic Ocean
Emmet's failed Irish Rebellion of 1803. Aside from the development of the linen industry, Ireland was largely passed over by the Industrial Revolution,
Ireland
Oldest surviving piece of woven clothing
The Tarkhan dress is a linen garment that is over 5,000 years old and the oldest surviving piece of woven clothing. It is named after Tarkhan, a necropolis
Tarkhan_dress
Jersey Knit Lace Lamé Lampas Lanon Lawn cloth Leatherette Limerick lace Linen Linsey-woolsey Loden Longcloth Mackinaw Madapollam Madras Matelassé Melton
List_of_fabrics
White linen cloth used in Catholic Mass
The corporal is an altar linen used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist. Originally called corporax, from Latin corpus ("body"), it is
Corporal_(liturgy)
Christian church based in Rome
Kneeler Lavabo Misericord Piscina Sacristy Tabernacle Altar cloths Altar linens Antependium Burse Chalice veil Corporal Pall Purificator Illumination Altar
Catholic_Church
Piece of cloth for personal use
can be made of cotton, cotton-synthetic blend, synthetic fabric, silk, or linen. Handkerchiefs are also used as an impromptu way to carry around small items
Handkerchief
characterized by the disappearance of the ruff in favour of broad lace or linen collars. Waistlines rose through the period for both men and women. Other
1600–1650_in_Western_fashion
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1911, The Poet (Le poète), oil on linen, 131.2 × 89.5 cm (51 5/8 × 35 1/4 in), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Pablo_Picasso
Marghab Linens Ltd. was a company specialising in table linens founded on Madeira in 1933 by British Cypriot Emile Marghab and his South Dakotan wife Vera
Marghab_Linens
Anniversary of the date on which a wedding took place
candy for the third, leather for the fourth, flowers for the seventh, linen for the 12th, crystal for the 15th and china for the 20th were suggested
Wedding_anniversary
Pair of two Tom Stoppard plays always performed together
Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land is a pair of two 1976 Tom Stoppard plays that are always performed together. New-Found-Land interrupts the two parts of
Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land
Dirty_Linen_and_New-Found-Land
Type of textile
the Maryhill Burgh Halls, Glasgow. Confusingly, linen and silk printed this way were known as linen calicoes and silk calicoes. Early European calicoes
Calico
Concept in Marxist theory
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Value-form
Plant fiber from the genus Gossypium
from the Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת kuttṓnĕṯ, ironically meaning a clothing made of linen. This was the usual word for cotton in medieval Arabic. Marco Polo in chapter
Cotton
Reversible figured woven fabric
create damasks include silk, wool, linen, cotton, and synthetic fibers, but damask is best shown in cotton and linen. There are a few types of damask:
Damask
Brazilian film actress and model
beauty products, Procter & Gamble, Big Bazaar and the Pakistani brand Nishat Linen. Leite was nominated for Best Female Debut Actress by the Life Ok Screen
Izabelle_Leite
Fine plain weave cloth, originally of linen, now usually of cotton
nainsook. Originally the name applied to plain weave linen, and linen lawn is also called "handkerchief linen". The term lawn is also used in the textile industry
Lawn_cloth
the neckband of a shirt or smock and grew into a separate garment of fine linen, trimmed with lace, cutwork or embroidery, and shaped into crisp, precise
1550–1600_in_European_fashion
undergarment, usually made of linen, which was held up by a belt. Next came the shirt, which was generally also made of linen, and which was considered an
1300–1400_in_European_fashion
for fabrics, exceeding by far the next most important textile sources, linen and hemp. Wool fabrics were available in a wide range of qualities, from
1400–1500_in_European_fashion
Sewn join between two pieces of textile material
found in traditional linen garments such as shirts and chemises, and in hand-made sheets pieced from narrow loom widths of linen. In a faux flat felled
Seam_(sewing)
Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
mon commencement ("In my end lies my beginning"), embroidered. Her bed linen was changed daily, and her own chefs prepared meals with a choice of 32
Mary,_Queen_of_Scots
called the "Post Card" era Divided Back‚ 1907–1915 White Border‚ 1915–1930 Linen‚ 1930–1945 Photochrom(e)‚ 1939–present Others styles of postcards have fairly
History of postcards in the United States
History_of_postcards_in_the_United_States
Casual summer kimono
A yukata (浴衣, lit. 'bathrobe') is an unlined cotton or linen summer kimono, worn in casual settings such as summer festivals and to nearby bathhouses
Yukata
Plainwoven cloth made in Holland
two types of fabric: a plainwoven or dull-finish linen used as furniture covering a cotton or linen fabric made more or less opaque by a glazed or unglazed
Holland_cloth
with a proposed interpretation being "linen (and) leek, linen (and) leek, linen (and) leek, linen (and) leek, linen (and) leek". The two words are also
Leeks_in_Germanic_paganism
Garment worn by the high priest in ancient Israel
fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark... [and] David also wore an ephod of linen," and 2 Samuel 6:14 that "David was wearing a linen ephod"
Ephod
Town in North Ayrshire, Scotland
declining linen cloth business was being succeeded by considerable trade in linen yarn. Crawford Brothers, flax spinners and makers of linen thread and
Beith
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