And the linen thing is also highly overrated! I did a "History of the Drawloom" lecture at CW seminars in Tampa - while doing research found a listing of over 50 pieces from 16th century and later damasks - ALL of them had Z-spun linen, warp and weft! Surely some other areas of the world used S -spun, but as far as Ii can tell, the S-twist linen thing is also not anywhere near as "rule" - again M abel Ross says the same thing.
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