Sentence examples for coarse linen from inspiring English sources

She reached down and rubbed it gently against the coarse linen of her dress.

Coarse linen imparts a slightly nubby texture to the satiny, lovingly applied surfaces.

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The smock eventually developed into a loose, yoked, shirtlike outer garment of coarse linen, used to protect the clothes; it was worn, for example, by peasants in Europe.

A rug of this type is made by pulling narrow strips of wool or cotton cloth or wool yarn, with a tool roughly resembling a buttonhook, up through a basic material of coarse linen or burlap.

LOCAL CLOTHING 328 East Ninth Street (212) 777-3850 VINTAGE STORE localclothingnyc.blogspot.com The name is a bit of a misnomer as some of the clothes here, like an African dashiki and coarse linen tunic, are from far-flung locales.

"Use coarse old linen as bath mats and wooden washing dollies as loo roll holders," says Sally Bailey, from vintage store Baileys Home And Garden.

A baggy-looking early painting made from coarse Belgian linen, hanging on the wall, gives the impression that it was Mr. Barrow, not his wife, who was working in home furnishings.

A later fashion, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, was "art needlework," embroidery done on coarse, natural-coloured linen.

Heavy linen with coarse regular weave is ideal because it ensures that you can count the threads easily.

He wears a blue linen smock, with coarse trousers of a rustic stuff, and is exceedingly contented".