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Linsey-woolsey was an important fabric in the Colonial America due to the relative scarcity of wool in the colonies. [2] Many sources [ 5 ] say it was used for whole-cloth quilts , and when parts of the quilt wore out the remains would be cut up and pieced into patchwork quilts .
William Skinner & Sons, generally sold under the names Skinner's Satin, Skinner's Silk, and Skinner Fabrics, was an American textile manufacturer specializing in silk products, specifically woven satins with mills in Holyoke, main sales offices in New York, and a series of nationwide satellite offices in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Rochester ...
Engraved in the mid-18th century, it depicts various prominent structures in Williamsburg during its time as capital of Virginia: the College of William & Mary, the Capitol, and the Governor's Palace. Rediscovered in the 1920s in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England, it was used in the restorations and reconstructions during the 20th Century.
Situated just outside the historic boundary of Colonial Williamsburg, DWDAM was founded with an initial 1982 [2] donation by DeWitt Wallace (1889–1981) and his wife Lila Bell Acheson Wallace (1889–1984) — co-founders of Reader's Digest.
Joseph Rosenberger. Joseph Rosenberger (יוסף בן משה הלוי) (died November 2/3, 1996) [1] was an Austrian Jewish garment worker who, by founding the first shatnes laboratory in America, single-handedly introduced shatnes-checking in the United States.
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