Fibres of Common Mallow - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65794 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Malva sylvestris | Entry Book Number | 6.1979.3 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibres of Common Mallow | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Fibres of Common Mallow | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Fibres of Common MallowUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Botany Dept Brit Mus | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Fibres of the common mallow, Malva silvestris, prepared for spinning by James Yates. Also specimen of the bark, and fibres in a coarser state. See Yates` Textrinum Antig.? Book II ch. 3. J Yates supports the 'Vistis Molochina', or mallow cl, oth, so much admired by the ancients, to have been woven from this fibre. p.301, & c. | ||||