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Some points in choosing textiles

Gibbs, Charlotte Mitchell, 1885- [from old catalog], Illinois. University. Dept. of household science. [from old catalog] · 1917 · Urbana, The University of Illinois · 6 pictures

A 1917 University of Illinois household science bulletin by Charlotte Mitchell Gibbs, written to teach home buyers how to judge cloth quality. Its halftones are plain studio shots of fabric swatches on plain grounds, showing weave grids, frayed and fringed edges, loose pulled yarns, and lettered A-B-C comparisons usable as texture fills, grain patterns, and specimen layouts.

Textile industry and fabrics

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