linen
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Tolles crafted bespoke window treatments from secondhand materials: linen-like Roman blinds in the kitchen, white linen drapes on top of woven bamboo blinds on the patio doors and velvet drapes in the bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
But he warned: "The linen backing is weakened by age, and the wool embroidery threads are vulnerable to stress."
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Until then, all kinds of designs were patched together from silk, linen, wool or “anything at hand.”
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026
He disappears upstairs and returns minutes later in a blonde wig, yellow polo with the collar popped and a white linen jacket—the costume of his alter ego, “Hall and Grits.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
“Reggie!” she yelled one more time as she rushed to the linen closet so that she could reach the tunnel.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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