Calico
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Calico is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is coarser than muslin, but less coarse and th
The weave of calico sample from a shopping bag shown against a centimetre scale
Sample of calico printed with a six-colour machine by Walter Crum & Co., from Frederick Crace Calvert, Dyeing and Calico Printing (1878)
Calico printing (1835)
Spinning jenny
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The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1
Model of spinning jenny in the Museum of Early Industrialisation, Wuppertal, Germany
Spinning jenny at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Hermann Sondermann Familie mit Frau am Spinnrad detail