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  2. Paduasoy - Wikipedia

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    Paduasoy or padesoy [1] (/ ˈ p æ dj u ə s ɔɪ /; French: peau de soie) is a luxurious strong corded or grosgrain silk textile that originated in Early Modern Europe. The term paduasoy first appeared in English in 1663. [2] Paduasoy silk was woven in a variation of the satin weave, with bindings arranged to create fine cross-ridges across ...

  3. 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.

  4. Samite - Wikipedia

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    Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread. The word was derived from Old French samit , from medieval Latin samitum, examitum deriving from the Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον hexamiton "six threads", usually interpreted as indicating the use of six yarns ...

  5. Montagut (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Montagut is a clothing company located in Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut in the Auzene Valley, France. There, in 1880, Pierre Gros's great-great-grandfather founded a silk yarn factory. This activity went on from generation to generation. In 1925, Georges Tinland (Pierre's grandfather) set up a knitting factory in the same location.

  6. Charmeuse - Wikipedia

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    A piece of silk charmeuse fabric showing the shiny, satin front and dull, matte back. Charmeuse (/ ʃ ɑːr ˈ m uː z,-ˈ m uː s /; French:; French for 'female charmer') is a lightweight fabric woven with a satin weave. These float threads give the front of the fabric a smooth, shiny finish, whereas the back has a dull finish.

  7. Charvet Place Vendôme - Wikipedia

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    Invoice (1860) to Nicholas Destréhan, a planter from Louisiana.. In 1839, Charvet already had some imitators, [n. 3] but still the "best supply". [24] The same year, Charvet held the title of official shirtmaker to the Jockey Club, [16] a very exclusive Parisian circle, then headed by Prince Napoléon Joseph Ney and inspired by Count Alfred d'Orsay, a famous French dandy. [25]

  8. Hilaire de Chardonnet - Wikipedia

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    Louis-Marie Hilaire Bernigaud de Grange, Count (Comte) de Chardonnet (1 May 1839 – 11 March 1924) was a French engineer and industrialist from Besançon, and inventor of artificial silk. In the late 1870s, Chardonnet was working with Louis Pasteur on a remedy to the epidemic that was destroying French silkworms .

  9. Faille - Wikipedia

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    Silk plain weave (faille) robe, circa 1760–1765, with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning, and metallic lace trim. Faille is a type of cloth with flat ribs, often made in silk. It has a softer texture than grosgrain, with heavier and wider cords or ribs. Weft yarns are heavier than warp, and it is manufactured in plain weaving.

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