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2. Tissue (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   The term tissue is used to denote a type of fabrics that are characterized by their delicate, lightweight, and transparent nature. [1] [2] [7] Tissue gingham is a type of plain-weave fabric that is lightweight and is characterized by its yarn-dyed construction. [8] Tissue fabric may be woven, knitted, or even nonwoven, and features a film-like ...

3. Brocade - Wikipedia

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   ] The complexity and high quality of luxurious silk fabrics caused Italy to become the most important and superior manufacturer of the finest silk fabrics for all of Europe. [ citation needed ] The almost sculptural lines of the fashions during the Renaissance were paired perfectly with the exquisite beauty and elegance of brocade, damask, and ...

4. Barathea - Wikipedia

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   The yarns used are various combinations of wool, silk and cotton. Worsted barathea (made with a smooth wool yarn) is often used for evening coats, [3] such as dress coats, dinner jackets, and military uniforms, [4] in black and midnight blue. Silk barathea, either all silk, or using cotton weft and silken warp, is widely used in the necktie ...

5. Slub (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Wool fabrics, such as tweeds, may also be slubbed. [1] Unspun short-fiber silk noil; see sericulture Tsumugi cloth, showing slubs. Silk is a filament fiber, and the only natural fiber type to come in filament length naturally (strands can be over 1.5 km long). However, some silk fibers are shorter in length, and must therefore be processed as ...

6. Sailcloth - Wikipedia

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   Sails made with synthetic fibers. Sailcloth is cloth used to make sails. It can be made of a variety of materials, including natural fibers such as flax, hemp, or cotton in various forms of sail canvas, and synthetic fibers such as nylon, polyester, aramids, and carbon fibers in various woven, spun, and molded textiles.

7. Meisen (textile) - Wikipedia

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   Meisen cloth, probably 1950s Meisen (銘 （ めい ） 仙 （ せん ）, lit. ' common silk stuff ') is a type of silk fabric traditionally produced in Japan ; it is durable, hard-faced, and somewhat stiff, with a slight sheen, : 79 and slubbiness is deliberately emphasised. Meisen was first produced in the late 19th century, and became widely popular during the 1920s and 30s (late- Taishō ...