8 sentences with 'textiles'
Example sentences and phrases with the word textiles and other words derived from it.
• « Sassanid silk textiles from Persia were of such high quality that they were even exported to China itself. »
• « Monks and nuns encouraged innovative new forms of agriculture on their lands, sold products (including the textiles and beer and wine mentioned above) at a healthy profit and, despite their vows of poverty, successful monasteries and convents were lavishly decorated and made luxurious for their inhabitants. »
• « In turn, textiles were the basis of the Industrial Revolution for direct practical reasons: raw materials were available in the American South through slave labour, and there was an endless market for textiles throughout Europe. »
• « The Industrial Revolution began with mining and textiles, but its effects were probably most dramatic in transportation. »
• « The first area to be affected by these changes was textiles, both in terms of clothing and household items such as sheets and curtains. »
• « Semi-skilled manufacturing and labour drastically lowered the price of textiles, and department stores offered large selections that many people could afford. »
• « The San Pedro cactus is also seen in the textiles and pottery of coastal cultures such as the Peruvian Nazca and Chimú, which developed at the beginning of the Christian era. »
• « The mother country returned finished materials of all kinds: textiles, tools, clothing. The colonists could only buy these products in their home country; trade with other countries was forbidden. »