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4 08, 2017

Machine-made clothing – Europe 1600s-1800s

By |2018-04-08T11:14:14-07:00August 4th, 2017|Clothing, Modern Europe|Comments Off on Machine-made clothing – Europe 1600s-1800s

India cotton (1600s AD) In the early 1600s AD, traders began to bring cotton cloth to Europe on sailing ships from India. People thought this cotton cloth was very convenient - it was pretty, [...]

8 06, 2017

Medieval and modern knitting history

By |2019-10-27T14:17:44-07:00June 8th, 2017|Clothing, Modern Europe|Comments Off on Medieval and modern knitting history

Modern knitting history: Stocking frame knitting machine (1750) Knitting silk stockings In the 1500s AD, knitters in Spain and France started to produce very fine knitted silk stockings, with little tiny [...]

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