Cigarette Card

Cavanders “Ancient Egypt” Cigarette Card #5 “Egyptian Yarn Factories”. Produced in 1928.

Text on reverse of card reads:

“From the monuments we find that large spinning establishments were established in the valley of the Nile at a very early age.
The textile fabrics of the Sidonans, and the purple cloths of the Tyrians, were celebrated from the earliest antiquity. They imported flax and cotton for these manufactures from Egypt. The Egyptians also supplied large quantities of spun yarn, for they were superior to the Sidonians in the art of spinning
Vegetable dyes of great beauty and variety were used, also dyes obtained from shellfish found in great abundance on the shores of the Mediterranean.”