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  2. List of exports of France - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the exports of France. Data is for 2019, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by International Trade Centre. Currently the top ...

  3. Provençal quilts - Wikipedia

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    The term Provençal quilting, also known as boutis, refers to the wholecloth quilts done using a stuffing technique traditionally made in the South of France from the 17th century onwards. Boutis is a Provençal word meaning 'stuffing', describing how two layers of fabric are quilted together with stuffing sandwiched between sections of the ...

  4. Cambric - Wikipedia

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    Cambric was originally a kind of fine, white, plain-weave linen cloth made at or near Cambrai. [10] [9] The word comes from Kameryk or Kamerijk, the Flemish name of Cambrai, [10] [9] which became part of France in 1677. The word is attested since 1530. [10] It is a synonym of the French word batiste, [10] itself attested since 1590. [14]

  5. Mercery - Wikipedia

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    Linen was used for shirts and underwear; silk and linen were made into headwear, from the ubiquitous coif worn by both sexes to women's wimples, and every variety of kerchief. Headwear such as kerchief and wimples worn by women and the coif worn by both genders was also popular employment for a mercer's services; silk and linen were primarily ...

  6. Sligo - Wikipedia

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    Linen was a major export also through Sligo port, with Pernmill road memorialising the linen textile mills. When I was a child at Sligo I could see above my grandfather's trees a little column of smoke from "the pern mill," and was told that "pern" was another name for the spool, as I was accustomed to call it, on which thread was wound.

  7. Linens - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of how to darn linen, from the Encyclopedia of Needlework (1884) by Thérèse de Dillmont. A French armoire with home linens arranged in a traditional manner, with embroidered dust covers over the shelves. The earliest known household linens were made from thin yarn spun from flax fibres to make linen cloth.

  8. List of French regions and overseas departments by GRP per ...

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    This article is about the gross regional product (GRP) per capita of French regions and overseas departments in nominal values. [1] Values are shown in EUR€.For easy comparison, all the GRP figures are converted into US$ according to annual average exchange rates.

  9. Cretonne - Wikipedia

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    Cretonne was originally a strong, white fabric with a hempen warp and linen weft. [1] [2] [3] [4]printed cretonne. The word is sometimes said to be derived from Créton, a village in Mesnils-sur-Iton (Eure, Upper Normandy) where the manufacture of linen was carried on; [5] [6] some other serious sources mention that the cretonne was invented by Paul Creton, an inhabitant of Vimoutiers in the ...

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