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                  An Introduction to the Textile Tradition in Prato
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                  Timeline and short period descriptions of the development of the textile industry in this north Italian industrial center, from the 13th century till the present. Author: Prof. Claudio Balcucci.
                   
                  
                  
                   
                  
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                  The Textile Industry
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                  Concise description of the textile industry as a family enterprise before the Industrial Revolution. Links to textile inventors, brief history of the cotton industry, and chronology of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. From The Open Door web site.
                   
                  
                  
                   
                  
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                  Lippitt Mill and Related Textile History
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                  Excerpts of a book on the industrialization of New England, as it started with the development of mechanised textile mills. Drawings of contemporary mills and machinery, and descriptions of production processes. Author: J. E. Hayes III.
                   
                  
                  
                   
                  
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                  Textiles as Articles of Consumption in Flemish Towns
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                  Reconstruction of a Flemish basket of consumables price index for the period 1350-1500, aimed to determine the value of luxury broad woven woollen cloth related to income. Text abstract. Full article on PDF document. Author: John H. Munro.
                   
                  
                  
                   
                  
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