<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">stocking frames</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>textile working equipment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>frames, stocking</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stocking frame</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to examples of the knitting machine invented by William Lee of Cambridge, England in 1589. It produced net composed of the basic looped ‘stocking stitch’ and thus superseded hand-knitting. The introduction of this technology initiated the process of mechanizing the textile industry. ]]></note></mads>