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English Natural and Irish Linens
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History of Linen
When the tomb of the Pharaoh of the Exodus, Rameses II., who died 1258 B.C, - 3,000 years ago - was discovered in 1881, the linen wrappings were in a state of perfect preservation.
In the Belfast Library there is preserved the mummy of "Kaboolie,' the daughter of a priest of Ammon, who died 2,500 years ago. The linen on this mummy is in a like state of perfection. The present research in Egypt has resulted in many and wonderful discoveries, and it is a matter of historical verity that when the tomb of Tutankamen was opened, the linen curtains were found intact whereas all other fabrics crumbled into dust.
In the British Museum, London, are pieces of mummy-linen 6,000 years old. Recently cuttings from these were microscopically examined and photographed at the Linen Industry Research Institute, Belfast, and were found to be as structurally perfect as linen made today. This bears out in every particular the contention we make of its invincible resistance to the march of time. This is also important from the hygienic point of view, for there can be no doubt that harmful germs leave linen severely alone, otherwise, in these cases, the linen would long ago have turned to dust
NIGHT SKY |
KHAKI |
PUTTY |
BLACK
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OFF WHITE
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WHITE
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FOREST GREEN
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Irish Linen
BLACK |
BROWN |
NAVY |
OFF WHITE |
TAN |
BEIGE |
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