Depending on where and when, some of the guild and export regulations
required specific fabrics to be unmixed; I'll dig out my Cambridge
History of Western Textiles tonight and see if I can find some
examples. Most of them were,if I'm remembering right, about not
allowing worsted where woolen was expected, or not allowing wheel-
spun fibers to be used in warp, only in weft, which today we would
not even think of as mixing fibers.
Lauren
On Dec 10, 2006, at 10:46 PM, monica spence wrote:
I think there were laws about mixing fibers, that did not have to
do with
religion, as well. Can't think of where off the tp of my head, but
if I find
it I'll post it.
monica/ Catriona
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monica spence wrote:
But wasn't there laws about mixing two fibers in a cloth?
Yes, if you're a very observant Jew.
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