Cotton
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Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ce
Cotton ready for harvest in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Cotton plants as imagined and drawn by John Mandeville in the 14th century
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
A woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century
Spinning (textiles)
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Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers. The fiber intended is drawn out, twisted, and wound onto a bobbin. A few popular fibers that are spun into yarn other than cotton, which is t
George Walker, 1814
Traditional spinner in her family's house in Old Bagan, Myanmar (2019).
Ring spinning
Mule spinning