COTTON AT VARIOUS STAGES OF MANUFACTURE

by Textiles, Labour Department of the Cotton Board

$500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

Manchester, UK: Circa 1940s . Educational aid issued by the Labour Department of the UK's Cotton Board for the demonstration of textile production from raw cotton to various finished fabrics. Very good overall. Item #41922 From a difficult time in the history of the cotton textile trade in the UK, once a world powerhouse, at the time struggling against globalized markets, industrial development and the emergence of synthetic fibers. A remarkable survival

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