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... cotton prints of this period had been found in quantity at Fustat , she further suggested that the blue and white cotton socks were made in India . The foundation of her argument for their origin falls away now we know that all old ...
... cotton prints of this period had been found in quantity at Fustat , she further suggested that the blue and white cotton socks were made in India . The foundation of her argument for their origin falls away now we know that all old ...
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... Cotton Mary Thomas , relying on the fact that cotton became more popular in western Europe during the eighteenth century , called the early 1700s a ' grand epoch of white knitting ' . As the ' Dutch petticoats ' show , white knitting ...
... Cotton Mary Thomas , relying on the fact that cotton became more popular in western Europe during the eighteenth century , called the early 1700s a ' grand epoch of white knitting ' . As the ' Dutch petticoats ' show , white knitting ...
Page 94
... cotton was spun to make muslins and calicoes , but it lacked tensile strength and so was generally unsuitable for knitting . Indian cotton was used in Elizabethan England , unspun , as bombast for stuffing in shaped doublets and the ...
... cotton was spun to make muslins and calicoes , but it lacked tensile strength and so was generally unsuitable for knitting . Indian cotton was used in Elizabethan England , unspun , as bombast for stuffing in shaped doublets and the ...
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Definitions and techniques | 7 |
Before 1500 | 27 |
Henry VIII to the Commonwealth | 62 |
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