Threads of Lace: From Source to SinkThis text explores the origin of threads from fibres of living and non-living sources. Out of the vast number of possibilities available for textiles, only linen, cotton, silk and wool were to attain the highest economic importance. |
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CONTENTS Sources 1 Animals vegetables and minerals make fibres | 1 |
Some dates | 3 |
Fibres are chemicals | 7 |
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