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2. Velvet - Wikipedia

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   velvet on which a metal roller has been used to heat-stamp the fabric, producing a pattern. [13] Hammered an extremely lustrous velvet with a crushed and dappled appearance. [13] Lyons a densely woven, stiff, heavier-weight pile velvet used for hats, coat collars and garments. [12] [14] Mirror a type of exceptionally soft and light crushed ...

3. Crushed velvet - Wikipedia

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4. Theater drapes and stage curtains - Wikipedia

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   The safety curtain or fire curtain is used to separate the stage from the audience in case of a fire onstage. It may be made of heavy fireproofed fabric or solid steel sheet. Some were made of asbestos cloth. After several deadly theater fires in the early 1900s, safety systems were developed to isolate the stage, direct smoke away from the ...

5. Crowd crush kills 35 children at funfair in Nigeria, police say

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   At least 35 children were killed and six others critically injured in a crowd crush at a funfair in the Nigerian city of Ibadan on Wednesday, police said.

6. Front curtain - Wikipedia

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   A wipe curtain, named after the film editing technique called a wipe, is a single large curtain that is rigged in a manner similar to traveler curtains. Unlike travelers, which consist of two curtains that part at center stage, a wipe opens from the left or right side of the proscenium and travels horizontally across the entire stage.

7. Lister Mills - Wikipedia

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   It supplied 1,000 yards (910 m) of velvet for King George V's coronation and in 1976 new velvet curtains for the President Ford White House. During the Second World War Lister's produced 1,330 miles (2,140 km) of real parachute silk, 284 miles (457 km) of flame-proof wool, 50 miles (80 km) of khaki battledress and 4,430 miles (7,130 km) of ...