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In 1960 shirting was spread on a long table a hundred layers deep and cut through all at once with a blade pushed along by hand, so an…
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In 1960 a made flower began as fabric stiffened with starch or size, cut many layers deep with a steel die, one die for every petal shape the…
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In 1960 a carbon paper works coated very thin tissue with a molten blend of waxes, oils and pigment, chilled it solid on drums and wound it into…
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In 1960 a cricket bat started as a log of willow split along the grain rather than sawn, air dried for a year or more, then pressed under…
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In 1960 a Venetian blind was built from steel strip, painted and baked on a continuous line before being cut, with a gentle curve rolled across every slat…
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In 1960 making linoleum began by hanging sheets of cloth in tall heated towers and pouring linseed oil onto them, then waiting weeks while the oil took up…