Linen cloth 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. This linen is a stout medium weight. Suitable for things such as everyday shifts and shirts as well as sheeting, gowns, jackets, petticoats, aprons, stays, linings and all other projects where a stout medium weight linen is desired. 100% Irish Linen, 56 inches wide. 7.10 oz per sq yard, 240.85 grams per sq meter