wearing of kente cloth has become widespread to commemorate special occasions, and kente brands led by master weavers are in high demand. Kente is also worn...
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Bonwire (section Kente Museum)
According to Akan oral tradition, Kente originates from Bonwire. Bonwire is the home of the famous Akan Kente cloth. According to history, two friends...
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Chino cloth (/ˈtʃiːnoʊ/ CHEE-noh) is a twill fabric originally made from 100% cotton. The most common items made from it, trousers, are widely called...
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Tweed (redirect from Tweed cloth)
associated with the Isle of Harris in the Hebrides. The original name of the cloth was tweel, Scots for twill, the material being woven in a twilled rather...
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Hessian fabric (redirect from Hessian cloth)
Hesse (1264–1567) and its successors, who were called Hessians. Hessian cloth comes in different types of construction, form, size and color. The origin...
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kente cloths in cotton and silk in the weaving village of Bonwire. The term kente means basket and refers to the checkerboard pattern of the cloths....
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Terrycloth (redirect from Terry cloth)
Terrycloth, terry cloth, terry cotton, terry toweling, terry, terry towel, Turkish toweling (formerly), or simply toweling is a fabric woven with many...
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Corduroy (redirect from Manchester cloth)
corduroy is from cord (i.e., rope) and duroy, which was a coarse woollen cloth made in England in the 18th century.[non-primary source needed] Corduroy...
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Muslin (redirect from Muslin cloth)
described Sonargaon, "as a town ...... where there is the best and finest cloth made in all India". Abul Fazl wrote "the Sarkar of Sonargaon produces a...
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Jersey (fabric) (redirect from Jersey (cloth))
jersey Jacquard jersey Clocqué jersey Stretch jersey Balbriggan (cloth) Kersey (cloth) Portrait of the Channel Islands, Lemprière, London, 1970, ISBN 0-7091-1541-5...
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