Whole Cloth
Link ID 120121
Title Whole Cloth
Url http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/
Description Web version of an educational project, aimed at widening public understanding of the development of the American textile industry. Extensive essays, illustrations and history resources on the industrialization of textile manufacturing, cloth dyeing techniques and fibers.
Category Textiles and Nonwovens > Resources > History > Industry
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Date Jul 19, 2006
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