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Linen, one of the oldest fabrics made by humans, comes from the fiber of this plant with a four-letter name |
flax
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$600 |
J |
FABRICS |
2019-09-20 |
#8055 |
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This tall reed-like plant has long fibers, making it easy to spin into linen yarn |
flax
DD
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$2,000 |
DJ |
FABRICS & TEXTILES |
2015-12-16 |
#7193 |
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Before this can be made into linen, it must be retted, or partially decomposed, to separate the fibers |
flax
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$1,600 |
DJ |
TEXTILES |
2003-04-16 |
#4298 |
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One of the oldest known textile fibers comes from this plant used to make linen |
flax
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$800 |
DJ |
TEXTILES |
1995-10-20 |
#2560 |
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This fiber is retted, a form of rotting, before it is used to produce linen |
flax
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$600 |
DJ |
TEXTILES |
1995-02-03 |
#2405 |
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The most valuable variety of this fiber used to make linen is raised in Belgium |
flax
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$600 |
DJ |
TEXTILES |
1994-06-08 |
#2263 |
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Derived from the stems of plants, bast fibers include jute, ramie & this linen producer |
flax
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$400 |
J |
TEXTILES |
1991-10-11 |
#1635 |
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Linen is made from fibers of this plant |
flax
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$200 |
DJ |
TEXTILES |
1986-03-19 |
#398 |