Plant in textiles
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Title
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Plant in textiles
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Rights
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Creative Commons/Media and images are the property of Warrington Museum
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Type
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Physical Object
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Creator
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Anonymous
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Date
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6000BCE
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Description
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Cotton, is one of the world’s leading agricultural crops. It is the product of several plats of genus Gossypium belonging to the mallow family. After flowering the pod is produced which contains three cells with several seeds in each. When it ripens, it splits open and exposes a mass of cotton enveloping the seed. Most of the seeds (cottonseed) are separated from the fibers by a mechanical process called ginning. Ginned cotton is shipped in bales to a textile mill for yarn manufacturing. The fibers can be made into a wide variety of fabrics ranging from lightweight voiles and laces to heavy sailcloth's and thick-piled velveteen's, suitable for a great variety of wearing apparel, home furnishings, and industrial uses.
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Format
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Image
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Place
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Currently on display at Warrington Museum
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Publisher
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Warrington Museum
