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Smartcat is the organizer of the #LocFromHome online language industry conference. The conference is mostly focused on translation buyers and agencies and deals with up-and-coming challenges of the language industry. As of September 2020, there has been two runs of the event, each attracting around 2000 live attendees and featuring around 30 ...
A twinset, [1] twin set or sweater-set is a matching set of a cardigan and a (usually) short-sleeved jumper or pullover. The twinset first appeared in the early 1930s and is still common in western women's attire.
It is the United Kingdom's third largest online clothing retailer and the United Kingdom's sixth largest clothing retailer by volume. [1] [2] Tu sells a wide range of clothing for men, women and children, with 3,000 lines sold through 400 Sainsbury's supermarkets. [3]
The University of Groningen (RUG) is a member of the so-called Excellence Group of universities in Europe. The Excellence Group has 56 members, which is 1.3 percent of the approximately 4,500 European institutions of higher education. [28] RUG belongs to the top 100 large comprehensive research universities in the world. [29]
For his handcart's load, which comprised rags, furs, shoes, scrap car parts, a settee and other furniture, Bibby made about £2. [21] Shoddy and Mungo manufacture in West Yorkshire continued into the 1950s and the rag man would set up his cart in local streets and weigh the wool or rags brought by the women whom they then paid.
The artisan sits on the floor during weaving and wraps the finished portion of fabric underneath the loom as it grows. The average weaver takes anywhere from two months to many years to finish a single rug. The size greatly determines the amount of time spent weaving a rug. [31]
Detail of the Mantes Carpet, Safavid, Louvre Hunting Carpet made by Ghiyâth-ud-Din Jâmi, wool, cotton and silk, 1542–1543, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan 16th century, the "Schwarzenberg Carpet" Persian Safavid period Animal carpet 16th century, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Detail of the above carpet Safavid Kerman ‘vase’ carpet fragment, southeast Persia, early 17th century
A carpet beater "Household gymnastics". A carpet beater or carpetbeater (also referred to as a rug beater or rugbeater, carpet whip, rug whip, clothes-beater, dust beater or dustbeater, carpet duster, wicker slapper, rug duster, or pillow fluffer, and formerly also as a carpet cleaner or rug cleaner) is a housecleaning tool used to beat carpets in order to shake dust and dirt out of them. [1]