Transatlantic Threads: Scottish Linen and Society, c.1707-1780

Transatlantic Threads shows how studying the making, use and meaning of a relatively low—cost, utilitarian cloth like linen, broadens our understanding of eighteenth—century Scotland and the wider Atlantic world. Different types of linen cloth were used across society everyday: from fine shirts worn by the rich, to coarse aprons worn by labourers; from expensive bed sheets, to canvas used for ships’ sails. Eighteenth—century linen production was a Scottish economic success story, with thous...