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unusual facts about woolen



Alfred Atmore Pope

Pope's father Alton was a successful woolen goods manufacturer, winning prizes for his mill's samples during The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in 1851.

Alice Kagawa Parrott

One of her first commissions was to weave woolen ponchos for the ushers at the Santa Fe Opera.

Bhutanese art

Each region has its specialties: raw silk comes from eastern Bhutan, brocade from Lhuntshi (Kurtoe), woolen goods from Bumthang, bamboo wares from Kheng, woodwork from Tashi Yangtse, gold and silver work from Thimphu, and yak-hair products from the north or the Black Mountains.

Henry Lippitt

Lippitt was the president of the Lippitt Woolen Company and owned various textile mills, including the Hanora Mills and Social Mill in Woonsocket.

Industrial district

Industrial districts in Central and Northeastern Italy have a coherent location and a narrow specialisation profile, e.g. Prato in woolen fabric, Sassuolo in ceramic tiles or Brenta in ladies' footwear.

Jacob Nolde

He was drawn to the German speaking communities of southeastern Pennsylvania and quickly found employment as a weaver for the Louis Kraemer Woolen Mills near Reading.

Moses Taft

In later years after 1910, this historic mill became known as Wheelock Mill or Stanley Woolen, and then became part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, and was also used in the production of several movies including Oliver's Story, and The Great Gatsby.

Petersham ribbon

Petersham is named after the eighteenth century English lord Viscount Petersham who invented an overcoat and breeches made of a special heavy woolen cloth with a round nap surface.

Winooski Falls Mill District

By 1922, the American Woolen Company was the states largest employer and Winooski Falls split from Colchester, incorporating itself as the City of Winooski.

Zachariah Allen

In 1822, he organized and constructed a woolen mill in North Providence on the banks of the Woonasquatucket River and constructed a series of dams to provide power to the machinery.

Ziock Building

William H. Ziock, Sr. was a woolen goods maker in Hattingen, Germany who immigrated to St. Louis, Missouri in 1847.


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