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Harris Tweed woven in a herringbone twill pattern, mid-20th century. Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun.
Worsted. A blue worsted wool girl's dress from the United States, made in approximately 1878, from the collection of Conner Prairie. Worsted ( / ˈwɜːrstɪd / or / ˈwʊstɪd /) is a high-quality type of wool yarn, the fabric made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from Worstead (from Old English Wurðestede ...
It is twilled or corded and used for dress-material. braid To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern. broadcloth Broadcloth is a material of superior quality. brocade Brocade is a fabric where the patterns are woven with a supplementary weft. broella
Gabardine is a durable twill worsted wool. It is a tightly woven waterproof fabric, and used to make outerwear and various other garments, such as suits, overcoats, trousers, uniforms, and windbreakers. The luxury fashion house Burberry is accredited with gabardine's invention. Thomas Burberry created the fabric in the late 1870s and Burberry ...
Drill is a versatile fabric that has been used in a variety of applications. Boat sail drill is a lightweight, unbleached drill used to make sails for sailing craft. [1] [5] [6] Although duck (canvas) was more commonly used for these purposes, [7] drill has also been used to make tarpaulins, tents, awnings and canopies, [8] but the use of both fabrics has been supplanted in modern times with ...
The Muir – a 130-foot, three-masted ship built in 1872 – was found under about 50 feet (15 meters) of Lake Michigan water off Algoma, Wisconsin, according to a WUAA news release. It sank only ...
Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs. It is one of three fundamental types of weave, along with plain weave and satin . It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under two or more warp threads and so on, with a "step," or offset, between rows to create the characteristic ...
A South Florida school psychologist has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images and videos, officials said. Robert Lee Turner, 62, was arrested at his ...