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2. Petersham ribbon - Wikipedia

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   Petersham ribbon, also called Petersham facing or simply Petersham, is a thick, stiff, flexible corded ribbon usually made out of either cotton, rayon, viscose, or a cotton/ rayon or viscose blend of fibres and used as facing by milliners and tailors. Petersham is frequently watered on both sides and comes with a scalloped edge.

3. Ribbon candy - Wikipedia

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   Ribbon candy is a traditional Christmas candy that goes back for centuries in Europe, though it is unclear exactly where the candy was first created. Confectioners developed the candy as a Christmas decoration for their shops, modeling the wavy form around the candy maker's thumb. In the 1800s mechanical crimpers were invented to shape the ribbons.

4. Rhinestone - Wikipedia

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   Rhinestones are sized by using the term "ss," or stone size, following a number to indicate size (e.g. 8ss is equivalent to 2.3 mm diameter, 10ss is 2.8 mm). [3] Many of the commonly used rhinestone sizes are slightly smaller than currency. [4] SS is more commonly used for apparel means, while PP (or pearl plate) is used for jewelry. [5]

5. Christmas ornament - Wikipedia

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   One noted Christmas ornament authority is Clara Johnson Scroggins who has written extensively on the topic and has one of the largest private collections of Christmas ornaments. [ 11 ] In 1996, the ornament industry generated $2.4 billion in total annual sales, an increase of 25% over the previous year.

6. Ribbon - Wikipedia

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   Ribbons. A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. [1] Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene.

7. Ink ribbon - Wikipedia

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   Four-color fabric ribbon cartridge for a dot-matrix printer Ribbon cartridge with internal spools (cover removed) Woven fabric typewriter ribbons were the first kind to be developed. With them, the pigment is an ink that dries on typing paper but not on the ribbon, and the ribbon is mounted at each end to a flanged reel whose hub engages with ...