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The Cotton

Ter Museum. Manlleu.

 

Ter Museum. Manlleu.

 

Cotton soon swept aside all other textile fibres that had previously been used in clothing. The advantages it offered were obvious: it was easier to work and dye, the low cost of raw materials, together with its excellent hygiene and sanitary properties - it maintained body temperature and it was breathable. All this meant that the mechanisation of cotton production, which culminated in the mid-nineteenth century, came about before that of wool.

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