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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. 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.

4. 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 ...

5. Textile arts - Wikipedia

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   Tyrian purple dye was an important trade good in the ancient Mediterranean. The Silk Road brought Chinese silk to India, Africa, and Europe, and, conversely, Sogdian silk to China. Tastes for imported luxury fabrics led to sumptuary laws during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

6. Luster (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Lustrous silk yarns. In textiles, lustre or luster is a physical property that makes them appear bright, glossy, and shiny. The amount of light reflected from the surface of a fiber is referred to as its luster. The level of luster is determined by how light reflects off the surface. For example, round surfaced fiber reflects more light and ...

7. Siyaram Silk Mills - Wikipedia

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   Siyaram Silk Mills Limited, also known as Siyaram's and as SSML, [1] is an Indian blended fabric and garment-manufacturer, [2] with an associated chain of retail outlets and branded showrooms and an online store—Siyaram's Online Shop. Siyaram's was incorporated in 1978, [3] and is headquartered in the Kamala Mills compound, Lower Parel ...