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Eṣfahān, Iran: carpet weaving
Three types of weaves: plain, twill, and satin.
Weaving room of a cotton mill in Augusta, Georgia.The South needed more than recovery after the Civil War, for it had been economically inferior to the North even before the war. The first requirement for development was money that had to come primarily from the East.
Fulani mosquito blanket
kente cloth
three basic motions of weaving
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