It was wrapped in a cloth of Amianthus, which he took off.
"The Memoirs of Louis XV. and XVI., Volume 2 Being Secret Memoirs of Madame du Hausset, Lady's Maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of an Unknown English Girl and The Princess Lamballe"
Madame du Hausset, and of an Unknown English Girl and the Princess Lamballe
The Chinese and the Corsicans blend the fibres of Amianthus in their pottery to give it tenacity.
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)