Half-Bleached Lightweight Linen
Linen cloth, such as this Half-Bleached Lightweight Linen, was woven of flax fiber in many grades and weaves. Used in every aspect of living, from clothing, to household needs, to furnishings, to the shroud made for the corpse, linen was so common that a tax was proposed as a source of easy revenue on the coarser sorts being imported into the US towards the end of the 18th century.
Historically, linen could be unbleached (or left natural), half-bleached, or bleached fully white. Half-bleached linens underwent only part of the lengthy bleaching process to produce a lighter shade than natural linen.
- Our Half-Bleached Lightweight Linen is lightweight.
- Suitable for women’s gowns, lightweight jackets, aprons, accessories, and petticoats; men’s lightweight jackets, linings, and waistcoats; and children’s garments.
- 100% Polish Linen, 60 inches wide.
- 3.81 oz per sq yard, 129.18 grams per sq meter
