Products include machinery, processed foods, paper and pulp, textiles, and wood articles.
The collection was reorganized in the early 1950s to present a coherent history of medieval civilization and includes gold- and silverwork, stained glass, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, and everyday articles.
Throughout the country the demand rose for urban manufactured goods and for those luxury items (textiles, porcelains, furniture, articles de Paris) that the French excelled in producing before 1800.
Most of Chinese historical architectural structures are built by combustible wooden components like beams, columns, brackets and floors, and always contain flammable ornaments like paper articles, textiles and plastic products inside.
Dimona has textile mills, and porcelain articles are also manufactured.
She also wrote a popular book, The Art of Embroidered Flowers, produced a DVD, Inspired Textile Landscapes, had many articles published in magazines, and taught at the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire.
They range from simple preservation (such as sun drying) and operations closely related to harvesting to the production, by modern, capital-intensive methods, of such articles as textiles, pulp and paper.
Exports (2006): U.S.$968,936,000,000 (machinery and apparatus 43.2%, of which computers and office machines 13.9%, electrical machinery 10.5%, telecommunications equipment and parts 8.8%; apparel and clothing accessories 9.8%; textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles 5.0%; chemicals and chemical products 4.6%; fabricated metal products 3.7%; iron and steel 3.4%).
Traditional industries produce cotton textiles, processed foods, and wood articles.
Max indicates in his article on Chinese textile workers in Prato, Italy, the city has seen a proliferation of Chinese clothing workshops ("Made in Italy," April 16th).
