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Description: | Iron cruik.
"Granite weight for pressing linen (19th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Flax was grown widely in Northern Scotland to make linen until imported cotton replaced it in the 19th century. During the 18th and 19th centuries linen weaving was encouraged as an industrial enterprise, with linen becoming the largest employer of labour and the greatest exported commodity. Eastern Scotland, particularly Aberdeenshire was one of the most important areas with the planned villages of Cuminestown, Fetterangus and Stuartfield developed as weaving communities. Fine linen was woven for sheets and clothing. Although flax was usually grown, prepared and spun at home, it was often woven by itinerant weavers and finished and bleached by other workers. This linen press, made from a local pink granite block, with an iron handle inserted at each end, was used to beat and smooth the newly woven cloth, fulling and shrinking it."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Argo, Mrs | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1800-1900 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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