Textiles have their origins in ancient handicrafts like nets and basketry that utilized simple structures and materials. Over time, the textile industry evolved from these early techniques to incorporate scientific invention and modern production methods. The textile industry remains an important sector that produces fabrics for clothing, home furnishings, and other uses through processes like weaving, knitting, and nonwoven methods.
Textiles have their origins in ancient handicrafts like nets and basketry that utilized simple structures and materials. Over time, the textile industry evolved from these early techniques to incorporate scientific invention and modern production methods. The textile industry remains an important sector that produces fabrics for clothing, home furnishings, and other uses through processes like weaving, knitting, and nonwoven methods.
Textiles have their origins in ancient handicrafts like nets and basketry that utilized simple structures and materials. Over time, the textile industry evolved from these early techniques to incorporate scientific invention and modern production methods. The textile industry remains an important sector that produces fabrics for clothing, home furnishings, and other uses through processes like weaving, knitting, and nonwoven methods.
Contributors: Charles S. Whewell and Edward Noah Barnhart
Article Title: Textile Website Name: Britannica Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Date Published: June 04, 2020 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/textile Access Date: October 6th ,2020 • DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILES AND EXAMPLESTHE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY HISTORY OF THE TEXTILE TEXTILES INDUSTRY INDUSTRY Textile structures derive from two sources, ancient handicrafts and modern scientific invention. The earliest were nets, produced from one thread and employing a single repeated movement to form loops, and basketry, the interlacing of flexible reeds, cane, or other suitable materials. The production of net, also called limited thread work, has been practiced by many peoples, particularly in Africa and Peru THE END HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED
Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States
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Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896
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