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Works explorer

Harnessing the rainbow

United States, 1947
film

The story of the dyestuffs industry. Special emphasis is placed on the imnportance of reading the tags attached to dyed articles when they are purchased, and ..

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Facts about fabrics

United States, 1941
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Colour

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Fluorescers

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Colour today

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The Pattern of progress

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Threads

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Weave me a rainbow

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The Future makers

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Our clothes

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Read the label and live!

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The Informative label

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Read the label and live! - 2nd ed.

United States, 1977
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Discovering color. - Rev. ed.

United States, 1960
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Nature of colour

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Color

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Textiles

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Border weave

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The Making of woollen and worsted cloth

United Kingdom, 1948
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