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2. Bedford cord - Wikipedia

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   Bedford cord, named after the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a famous 19th century textile manufacturing city, is a durable fabric that resembles corduroy. The weave has faint lengthwise ridges, but without the filling yarns that make the distinct wales characteristic of corduroy. It can have the appearance of narrow-width stripes with ...

3. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Unlike expensive wax prints, the design is printed on one side of the cotton fabric. Fancy prints are made in Europe, India, and West Africa. The most popular fancy print is known as the traditional print. Kente—traditionally woven by men. Kente is an informal fabric for anyone who is not a member of the Akan people. For Akans and many Ewes ...

4. Western wear - Wikipedia

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   A Western shirt is a traditional item of western wear characterized by a stylized yoke on the front and on the back. It is generally constructed of chambray, denim or tartan fabric with long sleeves, and in modern form is sometimes seen with snap pockets, patches made from bandana fabric, and fringe. The "Wild West" era was during the late ...

5. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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   The grade of numbered duck refers to the number of ounces subtracted from 19 for a 36-by-22-inch piece of fabric. For example, a piece of No. 8 numbered duck with dimensions of 36 by 22 inches weighs 11 ounces (310 g) (19 − 8 = 11). [5] Number duck classifications per linear yard, 22 inches wide

6. 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.

7. Linsey-woolsey - Wikipedia

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   Linsey-woolsey was an important fabric in the Colonial America due to the relative scarcity of wool in the colonies. [2] Many sources [ 5 ] say it was used for whole-cloth quilts , and when parts of the quilt wore out the remains would be cut up and pieced into patchwork quilts .