WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are textiles?
A
Text that covers tiles
B
Tiles from Texas
C
small text messages written on paper in the 1800s
D
fabrics, cloth items, and interweaved plant fibers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A textile fabric is a cloth that has been woven, knitted, tufted, knotted, or bonded together using natural or synthetic threads, yarns, and other materials. Popular fabrics include cotton and leather, but even seaweed and gold have been used to make textiles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Textiles are materials made from fibers, thin threads or filaments that are natural or synthetic or a combination of both. Textile fibers can be classified in natural (organic) fibres and man-made (synthetic, industrial) fibers, there is an enormous variety of textile fiber types available.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bitesized information on ten of the most used textile fibres in the fashion industry including cotton, polyester, viscose (or rayon), silk and wool.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plant fibres are obtained from various parts of plants, such as the seeds (cotton, kapok, milkweed), stems (flax, jute, hemp, ramie, kenaf, nettle, bamboo), and leaves (sisal, manila, abaca), fruit (coir) and other grass fibres.

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