Textiles  Revised 2003

Prepared by Loraine Baratti &
Janette Rozene, Associate Professor, Cataloging Department
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Textiles  |  Textile Manufacturing

Textiles   Textile Manufacturing Acrylic fibers Animal fibers Batik Bobbin lace Braid Brocade Burlap Calico Chintz Coated fabrics Corduroy Cotton Cotton fabrics Cotton yarn Crease-resistant fabrics Dacron Denim Elastic fabrics Felt Fibers Flax Flock Fur Fusible materials in sewing Hemp Ikat Indian textile fabrics      See also Cuna textile fabrics, Inca textile fabrics, Navajo textile fabrics. Industrial fabrics Inflammable textiles Inorganic fibers Islamic silk Jute fiber Knitted lace Lace and lace making Laminated fabrics Linen Metal cloth Mohair Needlepoint lace Netting Nonwoven fabrics Nylon Passementerie Piña cloth Polyester fibers Polyesters Poplin Rayon Resist-dyed textiles Rubberized fabrics Satin Silk Spandex Spun yarns Stretch woven fabrics Stretch yarn Synthetic fabrics Terry fabrics Textile fabrics      --Classification      --Cleaning      --Collections      --Collectors and collecting      --Conservation and restoration      --Data processing      --Defects      --Exhibitions      --Handbooks manuals      --Labeling      --Laboratory manuals      --Mechanical properties      --Physiological aspects      --Preservation      --Prices      --Private collections      --Programmed instruction      --Psychological aspects      --Purchasing      --Quality control      --Reproduction      --Sample books      --Social aspects      --Specifications      --Standards      --Storage      --Study and teaching      --Tables      --Terminology      --Testing      --Themes motives      See also Textile fabrics subdivided by geographic place or time period, such as Textile fabrics –France or Textile fabrics Medieval. Textile fabrics Batak Textile fabrics in art Textile fabrics in interior decoration Textile fibers      --Identification      --Patents      --Testing      --Thermal properties      --Trademarks Textile fibers Synthetic Textured woven fabrics Textured yarn Thread Tire fabrics Tufted textiles Tweed Twill Velvet Velveteens Vicuña Wool      --Mechanical properties Wool fabrics Yarn      --Manufacture      --Tables      --Testing   Top of Page                 Advertising Textile industry Block printing Calico-printing Card weaving Carding Carding-machines Cellulose Color in the textile industry Colorfastness (Textiles) Coloring matter Combing machines Cordage industry Cotton carding Cotton combing Cotton finishing Cotton gins and ginning Cotton growing Cotton machinery Cotton manufacture Cotton sizing Cotton spinning Cotton textile industry Cotton trade Cotton weaving Dye plants Dyes and dyeing      --Cellulose      --Cotton      --Knit goods      --Silk      --Textile fibers      --Textile fibers Synthetic      --Wool      See also names of specific dyes such as Cochineal, Madder, Murex, Reactive dyes. Dyes and dyeing Domestic Embroidery Embroidery Machine Embroidery industry Feather industry Felt work Felting Fiberwork Fibrous composites Fireproofing of fabrics Flax industry Hand spinning Henequen industry Indigo Jacquard knitting machines Jacquard weaving Jute industry Jute spinning Knit goods Knit goods industry Knitting Knitting machines Lace makers Lanolin Linen industry Looms Machine knitting Machine quilting Machine sewing Male weavers Marbling Mauve Metal thread embroidery Mills and mill-work Moisture in textiles Molas Needlework Needlework industry and trade Nonwoven fabrics industry Paisley design Plaid Plant fiber industry      See also specific plant fibers or industries such as Ramie or Jute fiber industry. Plastics in the textile industry Quilted goods Quilting Quilts Rayon industry and trade Reweaving Sashiko Silk finishing Silk industry Silk manufacturers Silk painting Silk-printing Silk thread Silk weaving Sisal industry Sizing (Textile) Sizing machines Spindles (Textile machinery) Spinning Spinning machinery Spinning-wheel Spun yarn industry Synthetic fibers industry Tapa Tapestry Tartans Textile chemical industry Textile chemicals Textile chemistry Textile crafts Textile design Textile designers Textile factories      --Automation      --Energy conservation      --Equipment and supplies      --Hygienic aspects      --Remodeling for other use Textile finishing Textile finishing agents Textile industry      --Automation      --Code numbers      --Computer simulation      --Congresses      --Contracting out      --Developing countries      --Dictionaries      --Directories      --Economic aspects      --Employees      --Energy conservation      --Environmental aspects      --European Economic Community countries      --Exhibitions      --Government policy      --Handbooks manuals      --History      --Law and legislation      --Management      --Marketing      --Moral and ethical aspects      --Periodicals      --Prices      --Programmed instruction      --Quality control      --Safety measures      --Safety regulations      --Standards      --Statistical methods      --Statistics      --Tables      --Technological innovations      --Terminology      --Trademarks      --Vocational guidance      --Waste disposal      See also Textile industry subdivided by countries or geographic places such as Textile industry –European Economic Community countries. Textile machinery Textile machinery industry Textile painting Textile printing Textile research Textile setting Textile waste Textile workers      --Diseases      --Health and hygiene      --Labor unions      --Training of Textured yarn machinery Twisting machines (Textile machinery) Waterproofing of fabrics Weavers Weaving Winding machines Women lace makers Women textile workers Wool-carding Wool-combing Wool-fat Wool industry Woolen and worsted drawing Woolen and worsted finishing Woolen and worsted manufacture Woolen and worsted spinning Woolen and worsted weaving Wrapping cloths      See also Bleaching, Bleaching industry, Cleaning, Cleaning and dyeing industry, Cleaning compounds, Dry cleaning, Laundry, Laundry machinery, Soil repellents      See also headings such as Strikes and lockouts –Silk industry Silk Workers’ Strike, Paterson NJ 1913 WagesTextile workers Top of Page