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2. Woodblock printing - Wikipedia

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   It took 10 years to finish the 130,000 blocks needed to print the text. The finished product, the Sichuan edition of the Kaibao Canon, also known as the Kaibao Tripitaka, was printed in 983. [6] Prior to the introduction of printing, the size of private collections in China had already seen an increase since the invention of paper.

3. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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   A block-printing machine applies resin to both sides of the fabric. It is then submerged into the dye, in order to allow the dye to repel the resin covered parts of the fabric. This process is repeated, to build up a coloured design on the fabric. Multiple wooden stamp blocks would be needed for each colour within the design.

4. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Fancy print—created by printing patterns on cloth. Unlike expensive wax prints, the design is printed on one side of the cotton fabric. Fancy prints are made in Europe, India, and West Africa. The most popular fancy print is known as the traditional print. Kente—traditionally woven by men.

5. Calico - Wikipedia

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   Calico – cotton fabric with a small, all-over floral print [15] Muslin – UK: muslin gauze – simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric; Muslin gauze – the very lightest, most open weave of muslin

6. Textiles of Mexico - Wikipedia

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   Clothing styles also changed radically. Fabric was produced exclusively in workshops or in the home until the era of Porfirio Díaz (1880s to 1910), when the mechanization of weaving was introduced, mostly by the French. Today, fabric, clothes and other textiles are both made by craftsmen and in factories.

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