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Adding to the progress and development of the textile industry in North Carolina, American Enka Corporation has developed a permanently colored filament rayon for many textile uses. Named Jetspun, the fiber boasts a remarkable color-fast quality, great tensile strength, abrasion resistance, absorptivity, and low cost.
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36178
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Faux was defined as making surfaces look like something else. Faux finishes noted were fresco, Venetian plaster, marbleizing, stenciling, rag painting, sponging, strie (French for stripe or streak), and faux bois (French for fake wood). Referenced were the Italian and French schools that emerged during the Renaissance, the latter profiled artist Pandy Autry reflected in her work.
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24261
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Dolly Madison, wife of President James Madison, was born in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was a known entertainer, but the origin of her red velvet dress remains a mystery for historians and curators. Some speculate that this dress may be made from the white house curtains, while others think it may have been a separate purchase, The dress has been on display in the National Portrait Gallery and in the Smithsonian, but today it resides in the Greensboro Historical Museum.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 83 Issue 3, August 2015,
p108-110, 112, il, por, map
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35943
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The life of Archie Scarborough included a skill for square knot making. Much of the interview pivoted around this talent, what he also called macramé making. Traveling the conversation path included life landmarks such as contenting with the Park Service and helping to construct Wimble Shoals Lighthouse and a railroad in Kitty Hawk.
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9899
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Countess Aviso Gozzi, otherwise known as Elsie McNeill, as an art student from Fayetteville, followed her passion for fabrics and décor to Venice, Italy where she bought famed Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny's business Fortuny Fabricca, one of the most prestigious fabric businesses in the world. She also owns Fortuny, Inc. in New York.
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