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  2. Arts and Crafts movement - Wikipedia

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    The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles [1] and subsequently spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and America. [2] Initiated in reaction against the perceived impoverishment of the decorative arts and the conditions ...

  3. Craft - Wikipedia

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    A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale production of goods, or their maintenance, for example by tinkers. The traditional term craftsman is nowadays ...

  4. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution. Beginning in Great Britain, the Industrial Revolution spread ...

  5. Charles Finkel - Wikipedia

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    In an article in Wines and Vines Magazine in 1970, Finkel was the first to use the term "boutique wines" to describe small, family owned wines of quality. He was the first importer to introduce Belgian beer along with craft beers from England, Scotland, Belgium, France, Norway, and Germany to America through Merchant du Vin.

  6. Chris-Craft Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Motorboats. Parent. Winnebago Industries. Website. www.chriscraft.com. 2019 Chris-Craft Launch 35 GT. Chris-Craft Corporation is an American manufacturer of recreational powerboats that is based in Sarasota, Florida. Since June 4, 2018, the company has been owned by Winnebago Industries, an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles.

  7. Category:Chris-Craft Industries - Wikipedia

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    Yacht building companies. American boat builders. Defunct sailboat manufacturers. Auto parts suppliers of the United States. Manufacturing companies based in Michigan. Former News Corporation subsidiaries. Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York City. Hidden categories:

  8. Industry in ancient Tamil country - Wikipedia

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    Weaving, pearl fishing, smithy and ship building were some of the prominent industries of the ancient Tamil country. Cotton and silk fabrics from Madurai and Urayur were in great demand; the textiles from these regions were well known for their high quality. Korkai was the center of pearl trade and produced pearls that were sought after not ...

  9. Aircraft Industries - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft Industries, a.s., [1] operating as Let, is a Czech (before December 1992 Czechoslovak) civil aircraft manufacturer. Its most successful design has been the L-410 Turbolet, of which more than 1300 units have been built. [2] Its head office is in Kunovice, Zlín Region. [1] Let was owned by the Russian company UGMK from 2008 to 2022, [3 ...