Bohemian Flax

Bohemian Flax
BOHEMIAN FLAX
Pine flax of long, clean and lustrous fibres, grown in Bohemia and Moravia. During the latter half of the 18th century this flax was made into several types of linen cloths and exported all over the world.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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