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Section E. Textiles.

The collections on textiles are still smaller. What is
apparently the largest is at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
and consists of seventy-nine volumes, including sets of Kunstseide,
Rayon,
and the Textile World. At the Farmville State Teachers
College there are sixty-five volumes, at the State Library sixty-three
volumes including three periodicals), at the Fredericksburg
State Teachers College sixty volumes, and at the Richmond Public
Library forty-three volumes. Sweet Briar College has an historical
collection of sample textiles in its art department.