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2. Tissue (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   The fabric known as silver or gold tissue can be characterized as a type of metal cloth, woven from fine threads of silver or gold, and possessing a transparent and gauzy texture. [2] Tissue matalassé was a type of Tissue fabric introduced in 1839, characterized by a surface of small squares resembling quilting.

3. 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 ...

4. Samite - Wikipedia

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   Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread. The word was derived from Old French samit , from medieval Latin samitum, examitum deriving from the Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον hexamiton "six threads", usually interpreted as indicating the use of six yarns ...

5. Dupioni - Wikipedia

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   Dupioni fabric. Dress in brown dupioni, 1940s/early 1950s Sweden. Dupioni (also referred to as douppioni, doupioni or dupion) is a plain weave silk fabric, produced using fine yarn in the warp and uneven yarn reeled from two or more entangled cocoons in the weft. This creates tightly woven yardage with a highly-lustrous surface and a crisp hand.

6. Shot silk - Wikipedia

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   Man's shot silk suit, purple warp and green weft, c. 1790 (altered c. 1805). Los Angeles County Museum of Art . Shot silk (also called changeant , [ 1 ] changeable silk , changeable taffeta , cross-color , changeable fabric , [ 2 ] or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade") [ 3 ] ) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of ...

7. Greige goods - Wikipedia

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   Silk rolls. Greige goods (Gray goods, Grey goods, Corah [1] [2] or korā) [3] are loom state woven fabrics, or unprocessed knitted fabrics. Greige goods undergo many subsequent processes, for instance, dyeing, printing, bleaching, and finishing, [4] [5] [6] prior to further converting to finished goods such as clothing, or other textile products. [7] "

8. Textile - Wikipedia

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   Range of fabric weights typically used in various textile products [126] GSM (grams per square meter) range Categorization Termed as Suitable for the textile products 0-50 Sheer fabric: Sheer curtains, Lingerie items, Wedding dresses, 50-150 Light weight Top weight Blouse, Lining, Shirt, T-shirt, Dress 150–300 Medium weight Bottom weight

9. Moire (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Changeable moire is a term for fabric with a warp of one color and a weft of another, which gives different effects in different lights. [6] Examples include shot silk. Moire fabric is more delicate than fabric of the same type that has not gone through the calendering process. Also, contact with water removes the watermark and causes staining. [5]