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early 20th century,
fustians were
usually of
cotton d****
various colours. In a
petition to
Parliament during the
reign of Mary I, "
fustian of Naples" is mentioned...
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Faust (/faʊst/ FOWST, German: [faʊst] ) is the
protagonist of a
classic German legend based on the
historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). The erudite...
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Operation Fustian was an
airborne forces operation undertaken during the
Allied invasion of
Sicily in July 1943 in the
Second World War. The operation...
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anyone caught wearing printed or
stained calico; muslins,
neckcloths and
fustians were exempted. It was this
exemption that the
Lancashire manufacturers...
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anyone caught wearing printed or
stained calico muslins, but
neckcloths and
fustians were exempted. The
Lancashire manufacturers exploited this exemption; coloured...
- to the base fabric)
between them. Both
velvet and
corduroy derive from
fustian fabric.
Corduroy looks as if it is made from
multiple cords laid parallel...
- need stiffness, structure, or durability. Some
velveteens are a kind of
fustian,
having a rib of
velvet pile
alternating with a
plain depression. Historically...
- also
credited with the
invention of blue jeans. Genoa's jean
fabric was a
fustian textile of "medium
quality and of
reasonable cost", very
similar to cotton...
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cotton began to be used
after about 1600,
firstly in
linen and
cotton fustians, but by
around 1750 pure
cotton fabrics were
being produced and cotton...
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fabric was met by a
domestic industry based around Lancashire that
produced fustian, a
cloth with flax warp and
cotton weft. Flax was used for the warp because...
