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Hackles and other Flax Processing equipment in The Henry Ford Collections
Hackles and other flax processing equipment remind us of the constant labor needed to turn an agricultural crop – flax – into raw...
Oct 27, 2023

The Story of the Golden River (1850-1950)
The medieval County of Flanders owes its wealth and reputation to the weaving and processing of woolen fabrics or cloth, as we have all...
Sep 15, 2023

Insights into the ongoing Flax Year at the Israeli Forum for Experimental Archaeology
The Forum for Experimental Archeology in Israel is taking part in the flax growing project "A Year On The Field" for the first time this...
Jul 14, 2023

Flax-growing and linen production in medieval iconography: tools, techniques and gestures
In the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...
Mar 3, 2023

Flax to linen at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation
Background The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation (CPP) is a living history museum interpreting the lives of English colonists living in...
Feb 17, 2023
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