1. Context

Historians associate the appearance of the first textile processes with the Neolithic period (10,000 to 4,000 BC). The history of textiles thus begins long before history... During this period of sedentarization, Man domesticated a number of animal species and used their fibrous resources to make yarns and clothes. The process used was weaving: interweaving warp and weft threads. The first "weaving looms" appeared around 4,000 BC. Over the centuries, weaving and finishing processes were improved, without profoundly altering techniques. Dyeing and printing were modernized, and silk-screen printing replaced the ancient Asian stencil technique.

The first textile revolution can be described as mechanical. It corresponds to the 19th century and the industrial revolution initiated in Western Europe....