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2. Linen - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 70% of linen production in the 1990s was for apparel textiles, whereas in the 1970s only about 5% was used for fashion fabrics. [45] Linen uses range across bed and bath fabrics (tablecloths, bath towels, dish towels, bed sheets); home and commercial furnishing items (wallpaper/wall coverings, upholstery, window treatments ...

3. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, ... Linen; Linsey-woolsey; Lisle Loden; Longcloth; Lycra; M ... History of clothing and textiles References ...

4. Calendering (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Calendering of textiles is a finishing process used to smooth, coat, or thin a material. With textiles, fabric is passed between calender rollers at high temperatures and pressures. Calendering is used on fabrics such as moire to produce its watered effect and also on cambric and some types of sateens. In preparation for calendering, the fabric ...

5. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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   Cotton duck (from Dutch: doek, " linen canvas "), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. Duck canvas is more tightly woven than plain canvas. There is also linen duck, which is less often used. Cotton duck is used in a wide range of applications, from sneakers to painting canvases to tents ...

6. Holland cloth - Wikipedia

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   The name Holland cloth, or simply Holland can refer to one of two types of fabric: [1] a plainwoven or dull-finish linen used as furniture covering. a cotton or linen fabric made more or less opaque by a glazed or unglazed finish (the Holland finish) First documented in English in 1427, [2] the name originally applied to any fine, plainwoven ...

7. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...