According to Wikipedia: Linsey-woolsey is a ". . .
coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft."
Cloth manufactured of a blend of wool and linen would be called a wool-linen blend, usually with the percentage mix of each fibre indicated on the label.
Probably hand-woven cloth made from natural fibres, including linen, cotton and wool.
Cloth made from wool is called wool cloth.
During the Dark Ages, cloth in Europe was made out of wool or linen. It was laborious to make and very expensive.
Shatnez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatnez
wool or linen. These were the only two fabrics used in the time. __ The garment was called a gambeson. It was a quilted or padded jacket made of wool or linen and often stuffed with horsehair or scraps of cloth. FYI - wool and linen were not the only fabrics available during this period. Depending on the status of the person, a variety was available including silk, velvet, furs, leather, taffeta and lace.
Wool, linen, and silk
yes linen is a noun a cloth made fromflax a linen dress
The ancient Egyptians used Linen made from flax as clothing material.In ancient Egypt clothing was made from cotton, linen, leather, wool (though the Pharaohs considered animal hair unclean so they had very little wool).
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking., Resembling linen cloth; white; pale., Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc., Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
it is made from linen.
No. It is actually a work of embroidery. A true tapestry would have the image woven into the fabric of the cloth; here, it has been sewn onto the top of a previously woven fabric.No, it is an embroidery because of the way it is madeA tapestry is woven on a loom in the same way that cloth is for making clothing.The Bayeux "Tapestry" is actually an embroidery stitched with needle and thread on a length of linen cloth