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6300 BCE
Woven cloth
Archaeological discovery of fine woven cloth
fragments in Turkey (30-38 threads per inch) -
3000 BCE
Cotton
Cotton was being grown in Pakistan, Western
India and perhaps the Americas -
2700 BCE
Silk
Chinese cultivated silkworms and developed
special looms to weave silk cloth -
2500 BCE
Linen
Linen was found on Egyptian mummies woven
al of thraads per inch -
Industrial
The Industrial Revolution completed sweeping,
spinning and weaving from the home workplace to the
factories and mills -
Rayon
Chardonnet's fiber first produced in the U.S under the
name of artificial silk, now known as rayon -
Nylon
Wallace C. Carrothers developed nylon -
Artificial fibers
Polyester, acrylic and other artificial fibers were
introduced -
Knitting machines
Knitting machines controlled by computers produced
fabrics with high complex patterns at tremendous speeds -
Robots
Robots were introduced into the textile industry