Welcome back to the Gentleman's Gazette.
In our series,fabric explained today.
We discuss linen,the quintessential summer fabric.
Linen fabric,derived from the Flax plant;the oldest cultivated plant known to men.
The flax plants Latin name is Linum Usitatissumum and from that, the word linen was derived.
Archaeological evidence was found in a cave in Georgia,the country not the state, that they expect 34,000 years.
Around 3000 BC, Mesopotamians mastered the cultivation of the Flax plant and they used it to create ropes,threads,and even clothing out of it.
At that time, it was a luxury and as such it was reserved for the wealthier classes including priests.
The same was true in ancient Egypt were linen fabric was a symbol for status and wealth.
For example,their pharaohs were mummified in linen or flax fabric.
