A 2000-YEAR-OLD TRADE
.Although gardening is generally looked upon as the oldest trade in the world, weaving runs it very close. In a case tried in 1821, the plaintiff claimed damages for the infringement of his canvas-weaving patent. A witness for the defence asserted that the method hod been known and practised for over 2000 years. To prove this he produced some cloth from an Egyptian irlummy, the thread of which was spun and twisted jusT as the plaintiff’s was.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12526, 16 August 1926, Page 9
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80A 2000-YEAR-OLD TRADE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12526, 16 August 1926, Page 9
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