Due to My discussion with AARON , i thought that i migt be interesting to learn from others here where they find information about Textile, in other books as well ,,,, here are some of mine ,,,,, "Heraldry" By Henry Bedingfeld , RougeCroix Pursuivant . Peter Gwynn-Jones , Lancater Herald. Foreword By the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal. Magna books, 1993.
"horsefeathers, and other curious words" By Charles Earle Funk & Charles Earle Funk , JR, Perenial Libraary 1986.
"Illustrated English Social History" By G.M. Trevelyan, Penguin ,
1960.
"the story of Civilazation , By Will & Ariel Durant , Simon And Schuster, 1975.
"a dictionary od word origins " by Joseph T. Shipley, Littlefield , Adams 1964.
I specificly mentioned the above since i used those to recheck some of the facts Aaron mentioned , But there are hundreds of books that have in them textilic related facts, and one should consider them when one researches such subjects. mirjam