Seams in two-breadth textiles shown as broken lines.
O'Neale, Associate Curator ofTextiles in the Museum of Anthropology.
Patching and Mending Any form of repair technique in Peruvian textiles is rare.
One small group of striped textiles in the 16- lot is a noteworthy exception to the majority.
Its most important industry-and the largest source of exports-is textiles and clothing, which is almost entirely in private hands.
Sri Lanka's most dynamic industries now are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, telecommunications, and insurance and banking.
He will find the black and white check and patterns derived from it, in old velvets of Japan, in the woven and printed textiles of all nations, in marble floors, inlaid boxes and architectural [NOTAN IX.
In old Italian textiles the same pattern appears repeatedly, but varied in size, proportion, dark-and-light and color.
Indeed, for new goods cardinal dye is all that could be asked, but when it comes to the use of dyes for the weaving of textiles and artistic fabrics, one must resort to dye woods and plants.
The finishing of yarn is not nearly so important as the finishing of textiles in the piece, and it will suffice to draw attention to the main operations.
They dress up corn-cobs with scraps of textiles and put them upright in the sand, saying that they are matachines and drunken women.
The most important industry - and largest exporter - is textiles and clothing, which is almost entirely in private hands.
Sri Lanka's most dynamic sectors now are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, telecommunications, and insurance and banking.
For comparison, a number of illustrations of both ancient and moderntextiles are presented.
In no locality are so many fine impressions of textiles upon clay vessels found as in the ancient salt-making districts of the Mississippi Valley.
But fishing to load ships, and shipbuilding to carry cured fish absorbed the energies of the growing population; and these vessels brought textiles and manufactured goods from the cheapest markets everywhere and anywhere.
This resulted from the fact that the industries of Philadelphia are the manufacturing of textiles and other goods, which employ women chiefly; while Pittsburg has principally iron and steel mills.
The sheep of the highlands produce the heavy, coarse wool of which the well known "cheviot" and "frieze" textiles are made.
Because of the great creative skill and taste of the people, French textiles are standards of good taste, and they find a ready market in all parts of the world.
The cotton cloth is sold mainly in China and Korea; the surplus silk textiles find a ready market in the United States.
Having the advantage of good power and cheap transportation, it has probably the greatest output of cotton textiles of any city in the world.
The designs for these textiles are often made in New York.
Fine hand-made textiles are made by a few Filipino natives, but most of the goods of this character are manufactured in France.
The fine cotton textiles sold to the United States are worth far more than the raw cotton purchased therefrom.
The return cargoes consist of Chinese products--mainly silk textilesand tea--destined for western Europe.
Fine textilesare now manufactured from it, the most important being carpets, mattings, and American "Smyrna" rugs.
Most of the manufactures pertain to the preparation of cattle products, although a considerable amount of coarse textiles are made in the larger cities from the native cotton and wool.
Atlanta is one of the foremost cities in the South in the manufacture of cotton textiles and products.
What causes have brought about the lowering of the prices of cotton textilesduring the past fifty years?
Flax is still an important product, and the linen textiles made in the state are without a superior.
Bohemian beer, malt and hops were exported especially to France, textiles and machines to Italy.
A knowledge of textiles and of purchasing is necessary in order to do this wisely and economically.
There is need of a pure textile law in order that the adulterations of textiles may be defined.
The above brief suggestions must be considered in the light of the knowledge gained from the study of the chapters on textiles in the companion volume, "Shelter and Clothing.
Women can, however, study this problem, and with a knowledge of the manufacture and composition of textiles will come the power to choose wisely, for manufacturers have been able to perpetuate these frauds chiefly because of ignorance.
The United States government employs experts to examine the standards of textiles used in making army, navy, and other uniforms, and will accept only those materials from the contracting manufacturers which stand their tests.
The old-fashioned yearly house cleaning seems hardly necessary if cleaning is well done through the year, but in both fall and spring some extra freshening may be necessary in the way of thorough cleansing of textiles and furniture.
Our great-grandmothers were sure their household textiles would wear, for they followed every step of their manufacture and knew they were durable and honest.
It seems an easier way, with much saving of time, money, and energy, for girls to learn beforehand what to guard against in purchasing their household textiles for both clothing and furnishings.
They had discovered the possibility of basketwork and roughly woven textiles of plant fibre, and they were beginning to make a rudely modelled pottery.
Cedar bark fiber was used long ago for some coarse textiles but not within the past century.
Outside of yarn sashes, they have not woventextiles for a long time.
The importance of this class of work in higher forms of textiles may be illustrated by an example from Peru.
In the more advanced stages of Pueblo art the ornament of nearly all the textiles is pervaded by ideographic characters, generally rude suggestions of life forms, borrowed, perhaps, from mythologic art.
A strong tip's out that Textiles are to be rocketed.
The result was a little trading in Textiles over there and a slight decline in the price.
Then my dread was well-founded--Textiles were to be deliberately rocketed.
When we have our textiles labeled as foods are now labeled, we shall be able to tell.
Still it is a great satisfaction to possess some of the beautiful old textiles spun and woven by grandmother's hands.
The Pleasant Valley girls became so interested in Miss Travers' talk about textiles and how difficult it is to buy intelligently that they decided to learn to judge materials and to study about adulterations.
Miss James says thattextiles should be labeled so we may know what we are buying.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "textiles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: linen; napery; textile
