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2. Dominion Textile - Wikipedia

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   Amidst labour market instability and the postwar Canadian strike wave (which also saw a major strike at Ford in Windsor, Ontario), there was a strike in June 1946 by the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) at the Montreal Cottons plant in Valleyfield, Quebec as well as four Dominion Textile mills in Montreal. While the latter strikes were ...

3. Linen - Wikipedia

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   Butcher's linen a strong heavy linen cloth, primarily used for butchers' aprons. Crash (fabric) Crash fabric is coarse linen based rugged material made from both dyed and raw yarns. Dorrock, a stout linen table cloth made in Scotland. Dowlas, a strong linen mentioned by Shakespeare; Linenize; Linothorax, armor of layers of linen

4. Crash (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Crash fabric is coarse linen-based rugged material made from both dyed and raw yarns. The yarns used are often grey or white in color. Crash fabrics are indistinct woven. Linen is generally used for the warp, while blends of linen and jute, cotton, and wool, etc. were used for the filling. The weave structure may vary from plain, twill to fancy.

5. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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   Cotton duck used in a pair of heavy-duty work pants. Cotton duck (from Dutch: doek, meaning "cloth"), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. Duck canvas is more tightly woven than plain canvas. There is also linen duck, which is less often used.

6. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   In the period between 1650-1850 Hardangersom (meaning: work from Hardanger area) flourished in Norway.Flax was grown, carded, spun and woven into white fabric and thread which was used to make and decorate traditional Norwegian costume items called bunads (national costumes) as well as other items of clothing and household linens such as mats, curtains and bedspreads.

7. Butcher's linen - Wikipedia

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   It was a plain weave fabric made with coarse linen yarns. [1] The fabric was rough, stiff and heavy. Linen was mostly used for Butcher's Linen due to its simple washability, but cotton was also used in some cases. [3] [4]