by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A highly pungent wood that deters moths; a piece of the wood–a shaving, a ball or essence drops–is an important element in herbal bags for wardrobes or drawers.
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Furniture made especially to be portable, for those working and living and moving around in another environment, such as in shipping, missionary and military families, to take on ‘campaign’ with them. Campaign furniture will always pack down flat and...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
From the Arabic word khamlet, meaning woollen plush, it refers to a medieval Asian fabric of camel hair mixed with angora wool, of superior quality to the contemporaneous cameline. In Europe, where camel hair was not readily available, a similar textile was made using...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Cameline cloth of twill or basket woven camel hair was produced in Asia during the Middle Ages and made into outer garments–cloaks and capes, for export to Europe. The French made a similar cloth from goat hair with cotton or wool, known to be of lesser...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Used for textiles, camel hair fibres are available in two qualities: the finer, inner down taken from the underside of the camel is used for home furnishings and textiles ,; the coarse outer hair which can be up to 37 cm (14.5”) long and drops during the...
