Linen cloth, such as this Medium Grey Lightweight Linen, was woven of flax fiber in many grades and weaves. Used in every aspect of living, from clothing, to household needs, to furnishings, to the shroud made for the corpse, linen was so common that a tax was proposed as a source of easy revenue on the coarser sorts being imported into the US towards the end of the 18th century.
*The piece that is marked seconds has two small spots where the gray is lighter than the rest of the fabric, and the price has been reduced to reflect this defect.*
