The Maltese are believed to have been famous for the production of certain lines of textile fabrics, even in the ancient days of Phoenician sovereignty.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
The need of clothing has been pretty nearly abolished by the softness of an ever constant climate, and, we must also admit it, by the absence of silkworms and of textile plants.
"Underground Man"
Gabriel Tarde
It was the Renaissance expressing itself in the wondrous textile art.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee