Textile Fabrics, Wearing Apparel, and Accessories (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Textile Fabrics, Wearing Apparel, and AccessoriesThis is one of the largest and most important industries in the world, and perhaps the one which interests humanity to a greater degree than any other, it is in fact the dominion of King Cotton. The applications of cotton seem unlimited, it forms the basis of such a vast variety of trades, all of which manufacture for'the mil lion, for as cotton fabrics are the cheapest of all textiles, they are adopted as coverings by hundreds of millions of human beings. Grays, bleached goods, dyed and printed calicoes play an important part in every climate, either as garments or drapery.Considerable progress has been made in the weaving and printing of cotton fabrics. As fast as cotton makes its way, ¿ax is driven out of the market. Cotton is continually pushing linen out, for al though the latter is more durable, it is dearer, and so is obliged to make way for the lower priced article this battle is always going on, slowly but surely. It is made up in widths ranging from centimetres to 3 metres, the wide widths being for sheets.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.