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Ribbon: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ribbon is a thin strip of material, usually cloth, that is used primarily for decorative binding and tying. Cultures around the world use ribbon in their hair, clothing, and as ornamentation. Ribbon is made from natural materials like silk and synthetic materials like polyester. The ribbon loom was an early automatic loom that could weave multiple narrow strips of fabric at once, and ribbon weaving centers emerged in places like St. Etienne, France and Krefeld, Germany. Today, North America imports ribbon and ribbon products, especially from manufacturers in Asia. Ribbon is also used symbolically to raise awareness for social causes.

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Ribbon: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ribbon is a thin strip of material, usually cloth, that is used primarily for decorative binding and tying. Cultures around the world use ribbon in their hair, clothing, and as ornamentation. Ribbon is made from natural materials like silk and synthetic materials like polyester. The ribbon loom was an early automatic loom that could weave multiple narrow strips of fabric at once, and ribbon weaving centers emerged in places like St. Etienne, France and Krefeld, Germany. Today, North America imports ribbon and ribbon products, especially from manufacturers in Asia. Ribbon is also used symbolically to raise awareness for social causes.

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Ribbon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


(Redirected from Ribbons)
For other uses, see Ribbon (disambiguation).

Ribbons
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used
primarily as decorative binding and tying.[1] Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk,
velvet, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polyproylene. Ribbon is
used for innumerable useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes. Cultures around the world use ribbon
in their hair, around the body, and as ornamentation on non-human animals, buildings, and packaging.
Some popular fabrics used to make ribbons are satin, organza, sheer, silk, velvet, and grosgrain.

Contents
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1Etymology

2Cloth

3For printers and typewriters

4Symbolism

5See also

6References

Etymology[edit]
The word ribbon comes from Middle English ribban or riban from Old French ruban, which is probably
of Germanic origin.[1]

Cloth[edit]
Along with that of tapes, fringes, and other smallwares, the manufacture of cloth ribbons forms a special
department of the textile industries. The essential feature of a ribbon loom is the simultaneous weaving
in one loom frame of two or more webs, going up to as many as forty narrow fabrics in modern looms.

To affect the conjoined throwing of all the shuttles and the various other movements of the loom, the
automatic action of the power-loom is necessary, and it is a remarkable fact that the self-acting ribbon
loom was known and extensively used more than a century before the famous invention of Cartwright. A
loom in which several narrow webs could be woven at one time is mentioned as having been working
in Dantzig towards the end of the 16th century. Similar looms were at work in Leiden in 1620, where their
use gave rise to so much discontent and rioting on the part of the weavers that the states-general had to
prohibit their use. The prohibition was renewed at various intervals throughout the century, and in the
same interval the use of the ribbon loom was interdicted in most of the principal industrial centres of
Europe. In 1676, under the name of the Dutch loom or engine loom, it was brought to London, and
although its introduction there caused some disturbance, it does not appear to have been prohibited. In
1745, John Kay, the inventor of the fly-shuttle, obtained, conjointly with Joseph Stell, a patent for
improvements in the ribbon loom. Since that period, it has benefited by the inventions applied to weaving
machinery generally.
Ribbon-weaving is known to have been established near St. Etienne (dep. Loire) as early as the 11th
century, and that town has remained the headquarters of the industry. During the Huguenot troubles,
ribbon-weavers from St. Etienne settled at Basel, and there, established an industry which in modern
times has rivalled that of the original seat of the trade. Krefeld is the centre of the German ribbon
industry; the manufacture of black velvet ribbon being there a specialty. In England Coventry is the most
important seat of ribbon-making, which is also prosecuted at Norwich and Leicester.
While satin and other sorts of ribbon have always been used in lingerie, the usage of ribbon in the
garment industry, while subject to fashion trends, saw an upsurge in the mid to late 90's. This upsurge
led to increased ribbon manufacturing as well as new and improved manufacturing techniques. Due to
more competitive production rates, as well as past experience in this field, companies in the Far East
especially those in China gradually secured themselves to be the major ribbon suppliers in the world
and improved both the quality and the variety of their merchandise to match those of their established
European and North American competitors.
Presently, the North American continent remains the largest importer of ribbon and ribbon derivative
products (such as bows, rosettes, and other garment accessories made from ribbon). However, due to
outsourcing of production of garments by North American garment manufacturers, countries in Asia and
South America have started to contribute to the change of the statistical figures of ribbon imports.
Inspired by European silk ribbons obtained through trade, Great Lakes and Prairie Native American
tribes created art form of appliqu ribbon work.[2]

For printers and typewriters[edit]


Typewriters and dot matrix printers use a cloth or plastic ribbon to hold the ink.

Symbolism[edit]
Pieces of ribbon are used as symbols of support or awareness for various social causes and are called
"awareness ribbons". Ribbons are used in some ceremonies, such as in a ribbon cutting ceremony.

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Ribbon cable

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Ribbon". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
2. Jump up^ Berlo, Janet C. and Ruth B. Phillips. Native North American Art. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-19-284218-3.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh,
ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopdia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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