A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology velvet 1. A fabric produced in a wide range of construction and weights from silk, rayon, cotton, nylon, or wool.
Velvet is characterized by a short, soft.
Uncut velvet, or terry, is sometimes woven simultaneously with the cut to create figures on the cloth. Velvet brocades, which are the most luxurious of all velvets, are made with gold and silver threads as an extra weft, or filling, the figures being wrought by hand, as with embroidery. Velveteen and plush are cotton or wool fabrics woven in much the same manner as true velvet. As velvet is difficult to work. Such work as actually was done on the velvet was always in thick gimp or gold cord.