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2. Muslin - Wikipedia

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   It was a major trading center for muslin and silk and a trading post (kuthi) of various European merchants. In 1670 AD, Streynsham Master mention that muslin was produced at Malda, Shantipur, Hooghly etc. Advaitacharya Goswami's Shantipur Parichaẏa , Volume II mentions that the East India Company purchased £150,000 worth of muslin annually ...

3. Modern great power - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post-Cold War era Great powers are often recognized in an international structure such as the United Nations Security Council. A great power is a nation, state or empire that, through its economic, political and military strength ...

4. Silk - Wikipedia

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   The production of silk originated in China in the Neolithic period, although it would eventually reach other places of the world (Yangshao culture, 4th millennium BC). Silk production remained confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the latter part of the 1st millennium BC, though China maintained its virtual monopoly over silk production for another thousand years.

5. Crêpe (textile) - Wikipedia

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   Open-weave fabric with a silk warp and wool filling. [20] Crêpe diana Trade name for a cotton and silk blend crêpe. [20] Crêpe Elizabeth English term for a mottled or pebbled georgette. [20] Crêpe faille sublime Silk grosgrain with a hard-twist filling. [20] Crêpe flannel Plain-woven worsted with a crêpe finish. [20] Crêpe imperial

6. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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   Silk, wool, and linen fabrics were being eclipsed by cotton which became the most important textile. Innovations in carding and spinning enabled by advances in cast iron technology resulted in the creation of larger spinning mules and water frames. The machinery was housed in water-powered mills on streams.

7. Dupioni - Wikipedia

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   Dupioni (also referred to as douppioni, doupioni or dupion) is a plain weave silk fabric, produced using fine yarn in the warp and uneven yarn reeled from two or more entangled cocoons in the weft. This creates tightly woven yardage with a highly-lustrous surface and a crisp hand .