I heard the term linen master from my Dad RIP when he spoke of my great Granda, My Dad stated that my Great Granda could inspect linen and tell where it was woven and almost by whom.
I don't know if this was an overstatement, or whether that was possible
My Great granda operated a hand loom, in his early years.
His other forte, was poetry
He wrote a poem about the fox - hunt at the "Pointe " in Laurencetown, Co.Down. This poem , I have been unable, to acquire He also wrote a tribute to a "Miss or Lady Dunbar, who must have been a prominent figure in that area. He states in his poem, that she was some sort of Saviour, to those who had to deal with the famine