Timeline Of Clothing And Textiles Technology - Pdh Optical Multiplexer Manufacturer

Timeline of clothing and textiles technology.

See also: History of clothing and textiles

See also: textile manufacturing

pre-history spindle used to create yarn from fibres.

(unknown) loom.

c. 27000 BC Impressions of textiles and basketry and nets left on little pieces of hard clay.

c. 25000 BC Venus figurines depicted with clothing.

c. 8000 BC Evidence of flax cultivation in the Near East.

c. 6500 BC Approximate date of Naalebinding examples found in Nehal Hemar cave, Israel. This technique, which uses short separate lengths of thread, predated the invention of knitting (with its continuous lengths of thread) and requires that all of the as-yet unused thread be pulled through the loop in the sewn material. This requires much greater skill than knitting in order to create a fine product.

c. 6000 BC Evidence of woven textiles used to wrap the dead at atalhyk in Anatolia.

c. 5000 BC Production of linen cloth in Ancient Egypt, along with other bast fibers including rush, reed, palm, and papyrus.

4200 BC Date of Mesolithic examples of Naalebinding found in Denmark, marking spread of technology to Northern Europe.

c. 3000 BC Breeding of domesticated sheep with a wooly fleece rather than hair in the Near East.

200 BC to 200 AD Approximate date of earliest evidence of "Needle Knitting" in Peru, a form of Naalebinding that preceded local contact with the Spanish.

c. 200 AD Earliest woodblock printing from China. Flowers in three colors on silk.

247 AD Dura-Europos, a Roman outpost, is destroyed. Excavations of the city discovered early examples of naalebinding fabric.

298 AD earliest attestation of a foot-powered loom with a hint the invention arose at Tarsus

500 to 1000 AD spinning wheel in use in India..[citation needed]

500 AD -jia xie method for resist dyeing (usually silk) using wood blocks invented in China. An upper and a lower block is made, with carved out compartments opening to the back, fitted with plugs. The cloth, usually folded a number of times, is inserted and clamped between the two blocks. By unplugging the different compartments and filling them with dyes of different colors, a multi-colored pattern can be printed over quite a large area of folded cloth.

600 AD Oldest samples of cloth printed by Woodblock printing from Egypt.

1000's AD Finely decorated examples of cotton socks made by true knitting using continuous thread appear in Egypt.

1275 Approximate date of a silk burial cushion knit in two colors found in the tomb of Spanish royalty.

1562 Date of first example of use of the purl stitch, from a tomb in Toledo, Spain, which allows knitting of panels of material. Previously material had to be knitted in the round (in a tubular form) and cut it open.

1589 William Lee invents stocking frame, the first but hand-operated weft knitting machine.

c. 1600 The modern spinning wheel comes together with the addition of the treadle to the flyer wheel.

1733 John Kay patents the flying shuttle.

1738 Lewis Paul patents the draw roller.

1758 Jedediah Strutt adds a second set of needles to Lee's stocking frame thus creating the rib frame.

1764 James Hargreaves or Thomas Highs invents the spinning jenny (patented 1770).

1767 John Kay invents the spinning frame.

1768 Josiah Crane invents the hand-operated warp knitting machine.

1769 Richard Arkwright's water frame.

1769 Samuel Wise solves the mechanization of W. Lee's stocking frame.

1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.

1784 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom.

1791 The Englishman Dawson solves the mechanization of the warp knitting machine.

1793 Samuel Slater of Belper establishes the first successful cotton spinning mill in the United States, at Pawtucket; beginnings of the "Rhode Island System"

1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.

1798 The Frenchman Decroix (or Decroise) patents the circular bearded needle knitting machine.

1801 Joseph Marie Jacquard invents the Jacquard punched card loom.

1806 Pierre Jeandeau patents the first latch needle (for using on knitting machine).

1813 William Horrocks improves the power loom.

1814 Paul Moody of the Boston Manufacturing Company builds the first power loom in the United States; beginnings of the "Waltham System"

1823 - Associates of the late Francis Cabot Lowell of the Boston Manufacturing Company begin operations at the Merrimack Manufacturing Company at East Chelmsford, Massachusetts. In 1826, East Chelmsford becomes incorporated as the town of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first factory city in the United States.

1828 Paul Moody develops the leather belt and pulley power transmission system, which would become the standard for U.S. mills.

1842 Lancashire Loom developed by Bullough and Kenworthy, a semi automatic Power loom.

1847 William Mason Patents his "Mason self-acting" Mule.

1849 Matthew Townsend patents the variant of latch needle which has been the most widely used needle in weft knitting machines.

1856 William Henry Perkin invents the first synthetic dye.

1856 Jeacock of Leicester patented the tubular pipe compound needle.

1857 Luke Barton introduces a self-acting narrowing mechanism on S. Wise's knitting machine.

1857 Arthur Paget patents a multi-head knitting machine called "Paget-machine".

1859 Redgate invents a warp knitting machine working with vertical position latch needles, called later as "Raschel machine" (named after the French actress lisabeth Flice Rachel).

1864 William Cotton patents the straight bar knitting machine named after him ("Cotton machine").

1865 The American Isaac Wixom Lamb patents the flat knitting machine using latch needles.

1865 Clay invents the double-headed latch needle which has enabled to create purl stitch knitting.

1866 The American Mac Nary patents the circular knitting machine (with vertical needles) for fabrication of socks and stockings with heel and toe pouches.

1878 Henry Griswold adds a second set of needles (horizontal needles) to the circular knitting machine enabling knitting of rib fabrics as cuff for socks.

1881 Pierre Durand invents the tubular pipe compound needle.

1892 Cross, Bevan & Beadle invent Viscose.

1889 Northrop Loom: Draper Corporation, First automatic bobbin changing weaving loom placed in production. Over 700,000 would be sold worldwide.

1900 Heinrich Stoll creates the flat bed purl knitting machine.

1910 Spiers invents the circular bed purl knitting machine.

c. 1920 Hattersley loom developed by George Hattersley and Sons.

1949 Heinrich Mauersberger invents the sewing-knitting technique and his "Malimo" machine.

1953 First commercial polyester fiber production by DuPont.

1954 Fiber reactive dye invented.

1963 Open-end spinning developed in Czechoslovakia.

See also

Timeline of historic inventions

Notes

^ a b "Stone Age clothing more advanced than thought" by Gloria Chang, February 3, 2000

^ a b c Cambridge History of Western Textiles p. 39-47

^ Barber 1991.

^ a b Theaker 2006.

^ Cambridge History of Western Textiles p. 30-39

^ Bender 1990.

^ Bennett & Bird 1960.

^ a b Shelagh Vainker in Anne Farrer (ed), "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas" , 1990, British Museum publications, ISBN 0-7141-1447-2

^ D.L.Carroll Dating the Foot-powered loom: the Coptic evidence American Journal of Archaeology 1985 vol. 89; 168-73

References

Barber, E. J. W.; Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with special reference to the Aegean; Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1991; ISBN 0-691-03597-0 (Barber 1991)

Barber, Elizabeth Wayland, Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times, W. W. Norton & Company, new edition, 1995 (Barber 1995)

Bender Jrgensen, Lise; 'Stone-Age Textiles in North Europe' in Textiles in Northern Archaeology, Textile Symposium in York, North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles Monograph 3, NESAT III; London Archetype Publications, 1990; ISBN 1-873132-05-0.

Bennett, Wendell C. & Bird, Junius B.; Andean Culture History; Handbook Series No. 15; second and revised edition; The American Museum of Natural History; A publication of the Anthropological Handbook Fund, New York, 1960

Jenkins, David, ed.: The Cambridge History of Western Textiles, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0521341078

Theaker, Julie. 'History 101' in www.knitty.com

Offermann Peter, Tausch-Marton, Harald: Grundlagen der Maschenwarentechnologie. VEB Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig, 1978

Spencer, J. David: Knitting Technology. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1983. ISBN 0 08-024763-6

Modig, Niels.: Hosiery Machines. Meisenbach, Bamberg, 1988. ISBN 3 87525 048 6

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Tops

Blouse Crop top Dress shirt Halterneck Henley shirt Hoodie Jersey Guernsey (clothing) Polo shirt Shirt Sleeveless shirt Sweater T-shirt Tube top Turtleneck

Trousers or pants

Bell-bottoms Bermuda shorts Bondage pants Boxer shorts Capri pants Cargo pants Culottes Cycling shorts Dress pants Jeans Jodhpurs Overall Parachute pants Phat pants Shorts Sweatpants Windpants

Skirts

A-line skirt Ballerina skirt Fustanella Hobble skirt Jean skirt Job skirt Leather skirt Kilt Men's skirts Microskirt Miniskirt Pencil skirt Poodle skirt Prairie skirt Rah-rah skirt Sarong Skort Slip Train Wrap

Dresses

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Outerwear

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Underwear

Boxer briefs Boxer shorts Brassiere Briefs Compression shorts Corselet Corset Knickers Lingerie Long underwear Men's undergarments Panties Teddy Trunks Undershirt

Accessories

Belly chain Belt Bow tie Chaps Coin purse Earring Gaiters Gloves Handbag Leg warmer Leggings Necklace Necktie Scarf Stocking Sunglasses Suspenders Tights

Footwear

Athletic shoe Boot Dress shoe Flip-flops Hosiery Pump Sandal Shoe Slipper Sock

Headwear

Balaclava Cap Fascinator Gaung Paung Hat Headband Helmet Hijab Hood Kerchief Mantilla Niqb Sombrero Turban Ushanka Veil

Nightwear

Babydoll Blanket sleeper Negligee Nightcap Nightgown Nightshirt Peignoir Pajamas

Swimwear

Bikini Swim diaper Wetsuit

Clothing parts

Back closure Buckle Button Buttonhole Collar Cuff Elastic Fly Hemline Hook-and-eye Lapel Neckline Pocket Shoulder pad Shoulder strap Sleeve Snap Strap Velcro Waistline Zipper

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