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Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles - Hardcover

Tortora, Phyllis G.; Merkel, Robert S.

 
9780870057076: Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles

Synopsis

The revised and expanded edition features over 14,000 definitions of fibres, fabrics, laws and regulations affecting textile materials and processing, inventors of textile technology and business and trade terms relevant to textiles. This dictionary is a useful reference for those working in the textile industry.

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About the Author

Phyllis G. Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, where she was department chair for 17 years, teaching historic costume and furnishings, and textiles. Among the textbooks of which she is the author or co-author are Survey of Historic Costume and Fairchilds Dictionary of Textiles, 7th Edition. She also serves as a consultant to the Historic Costume Collection of the Huntington Historical Society in Huntington, New York. Robert S. Merkel has taught apparel studies at Florida International University.

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