I found a nice length of suiting fabric (a little over 3 yards at 60" wide) at my local second-hand shop for a very low price. Stamped on the wrong side near the selvedge is an indistinct logo inside an oval with the word "Galashiels". A little Googling revealed that Galashiels is a town in Scotland, and they do have a school of textiles and design there. I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about fabrics with this type of logo on it. Did it come from this school? Is there a shop in Galashiels that routinely stamps their logo on fabrics purchased there?
I've done a burn test on the fabric and think it may be rayon. The results were a little inconclusive, but the burned fabric smells a lot like burned wood, and since rayon is a wood product, that seems reasonable.
How this fabric turned up in a Michigan second-hand store will forever be a mystery, but can anyone enlighten me about it's possible source? I'm just curious about its history. Thank you.
Donna G. Michigan's Upper Peninsula