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  2. Chalkware - Wikipedia

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    Chalkware is an American term for popular figurines either made of moulded plaster of Paris (usually) or sculpted gypsum, and painted, typically with oils or watercolors.

  3. Challis (fabric) - Wikipedia

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    Printed rayon challis fabric Crinkle rayon challis fabric. Challis, sometimes referred to as challie [1] or chally, [2] is a lightweight woven fabric, originally a silk-and-wool blend, which can also be made from a single fibre, such as cotton, silk or wool, [3] or from man-made fabrics such as rayon. [4]

  4. Double cloth - Wikipedia

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    Compound fabrics [3] or Double-faced fabrics are a form of double cloth made of one warp and two sets of wefts, or (less often) two warps and one weft. These fabrics have two right sides or faces and no wrong side, and include most blankets, satin ribbons, and interlinings. [2] Double weaving is an ancient technique.

  5. Flocking (texture) - Wikipedia

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    Flocking in fabrics is a method of creating another surface, imitating a piled one. In flocking, fibers or a layer are deposited over a base layer with the help of adhesive. Flocking in fabrics is possible all over the surface or in a localized area as well.

  6. Chalk - Wikipedia

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    Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor.

  7. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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    These fabrics are produced for mass consumption and stand for ephemerality and caducity. Fancy Fabrics are more intense and rich in colours than wax prints and are printed on only one side. As for wax prints, producer, product name and registration number of the design are printed on the selvage. Even the fancy fabrics vary with a certain fashion.

  8. Tissue (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    Tissue fabric has been utilized in women's clothing for a considerable period of time. Historical records reveal several instances of dresses made from Tissue fabric, which have been utilized in various ways. Here are a few examples: In 1851, Queen Victoria wore a pink dress made from shot silk and silver tissue to the opening of the Great ...

  9. Ticking - Wikipedia

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    Ticking is a type of cloth, traditionally a tightly-woven cotton or linen textile. [1] It is traditionally used to cover tick mattresses and bed pillows. [2] The tight weave makes it more durable and hinders the stuffing (straw, chaff, hair, down feathers, etc.) from poking through the fabric. [1]