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  2. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    1928 – International Bureau of Standardization of Man Made Fibers founded. [24] 1939 – US passes Wool Products Labeling Act, requiring truthful labeling of wool products according to origin. [25] 1940 – Spectrophotometer invented, with impact on commercial textile dye processes. 1942 – First patent for fabric singeing awarded in US. [26]

  3. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Eighty-seven pieces of fabric were found associated with 37 burials. Researchers have identified seven different weaves in the fabric. One kind of fabric had 26 strands per inch (10 strands per centimeter). There were also weaves using two-strand and three-strand wefts. A round bag made from twine was found, as well as matting.

  4. Woven fabric - Wikipedia

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    Woven fabrics, often created on a loom, are made of many threads woven in a warp and weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing two or more threads at right angles to one another. [1] Woven fabrics can be made of natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or a mixture of both, such as cotton and polyester. Woven fabrics are used ...

  5. Homespun movement - Wikipedia

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    The homespun movement was started in 1767 by Quakers in Boston, Massachusetts, to encourage the purchase of goods, especially apparel, manufactured in the American Colonies. [1] The movement was created in response to the British Townshend Acts of 1767 and 1768, in the early stages of the American Revolution. [2] [3]

  6. Textile - Wikipedia

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    The related words "fabric" [11] and "cloth" [20] and "material" are often used in textile assembly trades (such as tailoring and dressmaking) as synonyms for textile. However, there are subtle differences in these terms in specialized usage. Material is an extremely broad term basically meaning consisting of matter, and requires context to be ...

  7. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Textiles can be felt or spun fibers made into yarn and subsequently netted, looped, knit or woven to make fabrics which appeared in the Middle East during the late Stone Age. [4] From ancient times to the present day, methods of textile production has continually evolved, and the choices of textiles available have influenced how people carry ...

  8. Linsey-woolsey - Wikipedia

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    Linsey-woolsey was an important fabric in the Colonial America due to the relative scarcity of wool in the colonies. [2] Many sources [ 5 ] say it was used for whole-cloth quilts , and when parts of the quilt wore out the remains would be cut up and pieced into patchwork quilts .

  9. Virginia cloth - Wikipedia

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    Virginia cloth was a coarse cloth made by natives of Virginia. The fabric has a record of existence in 1721 and was used for servants' wear. The fabric has a record of existence in 1721 and was used for servants' wear.