Cloth
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An encyclopedia article on cloth that gives a brief history of weaving and the spread of the woollen, linen and cotton industries in Britain. It then describes in detail how English broadcloth was made in Wiltshire: scouring, dyeing, oiling, scribbling and carding, spinning, warping and sizing, weaving, fulling, burling, dressing, shearing, and pressing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1828
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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