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Some points in choosing textiles (1917)

Gibbs, Charlotte Mitchell, 1885- [from old catalog], Illinois. University. Dept. of household science. [from old catalog] · Urbana, The University of Illinois · leaf 11

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ows a sample of all-wool cloth, of the class otworsteds which cost seventy-five cents a yard. Figure 2B shows asample of cloth of the same price, called by the clerk, all-wool, butwhich on examination was found to have only four threads of wool toevery twelve threads of cotton. Figure 2C shows this… … Figure 3 Figure 3 shows a sample of mohair in which the wool has beenpartly removed, and the cotton warp left. In this case the price isnot high, and, because of the character of the cloth, the mixture is agood one, light, smooth, and clean. This cloth is not sold for all-wool,so is not considered…

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