History of textiles

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  • 8000 BCE

    The neolithic

    The Swiss used flax as their first sources fibre since it's wild variety was very abundant.
  • 6000 BCE

    First waving techniques

    Early neolithic people started the first waving techniques.
  • 4000 BCE

    The land of linen

    Egypt was well known to be as "land of linen' because it was a prime characteristic of Egyptian culture.
  • 3500 BCE

    Karpasa

    Records of cotton used as textiles in India "Karpasa" in Sanskrit.
  • 2700 BCE

    The silk empress

    Chinese princess Si-ing-chi tale began the silk industry in China.
  • 2000 BCE

    Land of wool

    Mesopotamia the first place that sheep were domesticated.
  • 1500 BCE

    The power of purple

    Phoenician dye industry created the first colour purple.
  • 200 BCE

    Geometric patterns

    Draw-loom pattern techniques were developed in China and Syria
  • 80

    Cotton and roman expansion

    Use of cotton to build tents
  • 500

    Buddism

    Buddism was introduced to Japan and bought the rank by colour meaning all the people below the rank of prince had to wear certain colours (red)
  • Jan 10, 1000

    Water power

    Water power used to operate a fulling mill in Tuscany
  • Mar 7, 1200

    English wool

    England, the main wool growing country in Europ.
  • Jul 16, 1300

    The small industrial revolution

    The throwing mill in Italy was extremely important technical advance and efficient, the progress hadn't been changed for over 500 years!
  • May 5, 1500

    Professionalisation of techniques

    More than 500 books on dying techniques was published for the first time.

  • Mass production

    The French invented the simple mass production technique for Draw-loom.

  • Rise of the factory

    Britain's industrial revolution in textiles, productions shifted from homes to the factory, cotton was the first to industrialise.

  • Workers united!

    Over 400000 workers stroked all over the US.