Textile Reference Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TEXTILES

	A Abb Wool Acca Adulteration of Fabrics Agra Gauze Aida Canvas/Cloth Alamode Albert-cloth Alpaca Altar Cloth American Cloth Angola Angora Cashmere Aniline Dye Antique Cloth Areophane Armozeen Armure Armure Bosphore Arras Arrasene Asbestos Astrakhan Aune B Balbriggan Balloon-net Baize Band Barege Barras Basse-lisse Weave Basket-weave Bast Bastard Cloth Batiste Batting / Bat / Batts Baudekin Bayeta Bearing-cloth Beaver-cloth Beaverteen Bed Tick Bedford Cord Beetling Machine Beige Bengal Stripes Bengaline Berlin Wool Bias Birdseye Linen / Weave Blonde Lace Block Printing Bloom Bocasine Bocking Bolt Bolting Cloth Bombast Bombazine Bombyx / Silk Worm Bombycinous Bone Lace Bookbinder's Cloth Bookfold Bookmuslin Boucla Braids Bride Broad Lace Broadcloth Brocade Brocaded Brocatel Broche Buckram Buckskin Buff Buffing Bullion-fringe / embroidery Bunting Burl Burlap Butcher's Linen Butter-cloth C Caddis Calender Calfskin Calico Cambrasine Cambric Camel's Hair Cameline Camlet Canton Flannel Canvas Fabrics Made of Canvas: Aida Canvas/Cloth Birdseye Catgut Fancy Oatmeal Java Cappadine Carding Cashmere Fabrics Made of Cashmere: Angora Cashmere Cassimere Cassimere Cassinette Castor Catgut Challi Chambray Check Cheese-cloth Chenille Chenille Cloth Cheviot Cheviot Shirting Chiffon Chijimi China Silk Chinchilla Chine Chintz Claith Clan Tartans Clay Worsted Cleaning Textiles Methods / Detergents: Fuller's Earth Grass-bleaching Grassing Clock Cloth Cloth Measure Cloth of Gold Cluny Guipure Coal Tar Colors Coburg Cobweb Lawn Cochineal Cockle Cocoa Fibre Composition Cloth Convent Cloth Cony Fur Cotton Manufacturing Image: Greenville, Texas: Cotton Gin Lawrence, Massachusetts: Large Printing Room of Cotton Mills Lawrence, Massachusetts: Spinning Cotton Yarn in the Great Textile Mills Fabrics Made of Cotton: American Cloth Angola Balbriggan Batiste Batting / Bat / Batts Beaverteen Beige Bombast Bookbinder's Cloth Bookmuslin Brocatel Calico Cambrasine Cambric Canton Flannel Canvas Cassinette Chintz Chambray Chenille Cloth Cheviot Shirting Coburg Cobweb Lawn Cotton Bunting Gambroon Gloria Grenadine Housewife's Cloth Huckaback Kerseynette Oil Skin Seersucker History From the Field to Fashion Chart: U.S. Cotton Crop in the U.S. for 60 Years in the 19th Century Chart: U.S. Cotton Factories Production: 1880-1890 Chart: Exports and Domestic Consumption of American Cotton: 1883-1890 Cotton Bunting Crape / Cr�pe Types of Crape: Areophane Birdseye Cut (fabrics) Bias D Debeige Diced Dundee Goods Dyes Types of Dyes: Aniline Bloom Coal Tar Colors Cochineal Fugitive Colors E Embroidery Types of Embroidery, Floss, Yarn, or Thread: Arrasene Berlin Wool Chenille Clock German Wool Gimped Embroidery Grass Embroidery Hatching Empress Gauze F Fabric Widths Fabric Widths: Listed by Manufacturer: 1894 Cotton Cheviots Cotton Drills Domestic Ginghams Ticking Finishes Types of Finishes: Cockle Glace Glassing Flannel Types of Flannel: Bocking Canton Flannel Vegetable Flannel Fancy Oatmeal Filament Flame Resistant / Retardent Asbestos Flax Fabrics: Burlap Composition Cloth Dundee Goods Fringe Types of Fringe: Bullion-fringe / embroidery Fugitive Colors Fuller's Earth Fulling Mill Full Regular Funeral Fabrics Types of Fabrics: Gros des Tours Furs Types of Fur: Castor Chinchilla Cony Fur G Gallon Gambroon Gassing Gassing Frame Gauze Fabrics Made in the Gauze Weave: Agra Gauze Chiffon Gossamer Genappe German Knitting Worsted German Wool Germantown Yarn Gimp Gimped Embroidery Gingham Fabrics Made in Gingham Pattern: Chambray Madras Gingham Seersucker Gingham Zephyr Gingham Glace Glass Cloth Gloria Glassing Gobelin Dress Fabric Gossamer Grain Grass-bleaching Grass-cloth Grass Embroidery Grass Linen Grassing Grenadine Grille Gros Gros des Indus Gros de Naples Gros des Tours Gros-grain / Grosgrain Grosgram Guipure H Hatching Helix (sewing needles) Haute-lisse weave Hemp Fabrics: Burlap Canvas Dundee Goods Hosier Hosiery Types / Terms: Full Regular Hosier Housewife's Cloth Huckaback J Java Jute Fabrics made of Jute: Dundee Goods K Kerseynette Knitwear Types: Full Regular L Lace Types of Laces / Terms: Balloon-net Blonde Lace Bone Lace Bride Broad Lace Cluny Guipure Gallon Grille Guipure Vellum Lace Lawn Types of Lawn: Cobweb Lawn Leather Processes: Buffing Glassing Grain Types of Leather: Buckskin Buff Calfskin Line Linen Fabrics Made of Linen: Aida Canvas/Cloth Altar Cloth Barras Birdseye Linen Bocasine Bolting Cloth Buckram Butcher's Linen Cambric Canvas Chambray Cobweb Lawn Fancy Oatmeal Gambroon Glass Cloth Housewife's Cloth Huckaback Java Oil Skin Paper Linge Seersucker Gingham M Madras Gingham Manufacturing: Machines: Beetling Machine Fulling Mill Gassing Frame Mangling Machine Needle-loom Processes: Burl Calender Carding Gassing Singeing Mangling Machine Measurements Aune Bolt Bookfold Cloth Measure Mourning Fabrics Types of Fabrics: Gros des Tours N Needle-loom Needlework Types of Floss / Terms: Berlin Wool Bride Broad Lace Chenille German Knitting Worsted German Wool Gimped Embroidery Grass Embroidery Hatching Helix (sewing needles) O Oil Skin Oiled Silk P Paper Linge Pina-cloth Pine-cloth Pineapple-cloth Plaids Types of Plaids: Clan Tartans Prints Types of Prints: Bengal Stripes Block Printing Calico Check R Reel Royal Armure S Satin Types of Satin: Armure Armure Bosphore Royal Armure Satin Armure Satin Moss Seersucker / Seersucker Gingham Serge Types of Serge: Caddis Sewing Terms Broche Helix (sewing needles) Shroud Silk: History: Bombyx / Silk Worm Manufacturing Images / Processes: Reel South Manchester, Connecticut: Roving Frame-Silk industry (Spun Silk) Fabrics Made of Silk: Acca Agra Gauze Alamode Armozeen Astrakhan Barege Baudekin Bengaline Bolting Cloth Bombazine Brocatel Cappadine Challi Chenille Cloth Chiffon Chijimi China Silk Chine Convent Cloth Gloria Gobelin Dress Fabric Grenadine Grosgram Gros des Indus Gros de Naples Gros des Tours Gros-grain / Grosgrain Silk Mohair Tyrolienne Silk Mohair Singeing Snowflake Spick, span, new T Taffeta Types of Taffeta: Armozeen Tapestry Types of Tapestry: Arras Trims Types of Trims: Gimp Guipure Ticking Tyrolienne Thread Types of Thread: Filament V Valentia Vegetable Flannel Vellum Lace Velvet Dyes for Velvet: Bloom Vicuna W Waterproof Types of Waterproof Textiles: Composition Cloth Oil Skin Oiled Silk Weaves Types of Weaves: Basket-weave Basse-lisse Bedford Cord Birdseye Boucla Diced Haute-lisse Wool Manufacturing Images: Lawrence, Massachusetts: Doubling Frame in a Large Woolen Mill Leicester, England: Knitting Machines at Work in the Wolsey Woolen Factory Telemarken, Norway: Lady Weaving Woolen Blankets on a Primitive Hand Loom Fabrics / Yarns Made of Wool: Abb Wool Albatross Albert-cloth Alpaca Angora Cashmere Antique Cloth Astrakhan Baize Barege Batting / Bat / Batts Bay Cloth Bayeta Beaver-cloth Beige Beige de Laine Bengaline Berlin Wool Bocking Bombazine Broadcloth Camel's Hair Camlet Cashmere Cassimere Cassinette Challi Chenille Cloth Cheviot Chinchilla Coburg Debeige Gambroon German Wool Gloria Gobelin Dress Fabric Grenadine Grosgram Kerseynette Satin Moss Snowflake Tyrolienne Vicuna Y Yarn Types of Yarn: Filament Genappe German Knitting Worsted Germantown Yarn Z Zephyr Gingham
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