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2. Corduroy - Wikipedia

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   Wide wale is more commonly used in trousers, and furniture upholstery (primarily couches); medium, narrow, and fine wale fabrics are usually found in garments worn above the waist. Graphite-coloured standard corduroy to the left showing approx 7 wales-per-inch, with brown needlecord at 16 wales to the inch. The primary types of corduroy are:

3. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, ... Corduroy; Cotton duck; Crash (fabric) Crêpe (textile) Crêpe de Chine; Cretonne; Crochet; D. Damask; Darlexx;

4. 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 ...

5. Cone Mills Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The firm closed its operation at Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1999, citing additional overseas fabric imports and years of heavy losses. The Salisbury mill had been in business since 1888. [ 36 ] In 2000, the Raytex plant at Marion, South Carolina , was closed, taking with it 200 jobs, as demand for comforters and bedspreads declined.

6. Ottoman (textile) - Wikipedia

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   A knitted Ottoman rib fabric. Ottoman is a widthways-ribbed textile with pronounced, raised 'ribs' along its wale and course.Similar to grosgrain, Ottoman is known as a corded fabric, using a thicker yarn in the course rather than the wale to create raised stripes running across the width of the fabric.

7. Pile (textile) - Wikipedia

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   Pile is the raised surface or nap of a fabric, consisting of upright loops or strands of yarn. [1] Examples of pile textiles are carpets, corduroy, velvet, plush, and Turkish towels . [2] The word is derived from Latin pilus for "hair". [3]