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2. Jo-Ann Stores - Wikipedia

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   Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, more commonly known as Jo-Ann (stylized as JOANN), is an American fabric and crafts retail company based in Hudson, Ohio. It operates the retail chains JOANN Fabrics and Crafts and Jo-Ann Etc. As of March 2020, Joann has 865 stores in 49 states. Joann is currently privately owned by Leonard Green & Partners. [4] [5]

3. Tsumugi (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   An unlined (hitoe) kimono made from tsumugi, showing soft drape.Tsumugi (紬) is a traditional slub-woven silk fabric from Japan.It is a tabby weave material woven from yarn produced using silk noil, short-staple silk fibre (as opposed to material produced using longer, filament yarn silk fibres).

4. Grenadine (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Fermo Fossati and Seteria Bianchi are two of the most renowned makers of grenadine in Como. The former is the oldest silk-making company in Italy – the third oldest in Europe after the British Vanners and Stephen Walters & Sons. Seteria Bianchi produced the fabrics for the Brioni jackets worn by Daniel Craig in 007 Casino Royale. Ettore ...

5. Weighted silk - Wikipedia

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   Unlike most fabric/yard goods which are sold by the yard (or metre), silk is sold to the wholesaler by weight; however, as the first step in processing silk fibre is to "degum" it - removing the sericin from the fibre, a protein naturally produced by silkworms that coats silkworm cocoons - approximately one-fifth of the weight of silk fibre is lost, representing a significant drop in the ...

6. Brocade - Wikipedia

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   ] The complexity and high quality of luxurious silk fabrics caused Italy to become the most important and superior manufacturer of the finest silk fabrics for all of Europe. [ citation needed ] The almost sculptural lines of the fashions during the Renaissance were paired perfectly with the exquisite beauty and elegance of brocade, damask, and ...

7. Meisen (textile) - Wikipedia

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   Meisen cloth, probably 1950s Meisen (銘 （ めい ） 仙 （ せん ）, lit. ' common silk stuff ') is a type of silk fabric traditionally produced in Japan ; it is durable, hard-faced, and somewhat stiff, with a slight sheen, : 79 and slubbiness is deliberately emphasised. Meisen was first produced in the late 19th century, and became widely popular during the 1920s and 30s (late- Taishō ...