San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-27
FAcTs Aeour fARRIcs.
What the Most Popular Are Called
and What They Are Like.

Wnht the MOST FOpuIur Arc Catieu
and What They Are Like.
Many of our fabrics and dress goods
have French names-and we use them
without much idea that they originally
had any meaning. A walk between the
counters of department store is, how
ever, full of suggestion for, although
shoppers are not always fully informed
as to the nature of the materials de-
scribed by the names, merchants not
uncommonly announce these on card
above the fabric.
Armure is a material woven so that
the cloth has the effect of being woven
with small seeds on the threads.
Barre refers to fabric crossed by
bars of contrasting color.
Bayadere comes from the dancing
girls of the east, whose garments are
made of stuffs crossed from selvedge to
selvedge with stripes, and when worn
these stripes appear to run round the
body.
Beige-Composed of yarn in which
two colors are mixed.
Boucle-A fabric having a marked
curl or loop in the yarn, which is thrown
to the surface. Boucle is French fol-
curl.
Bourette-This puts lump instead
of a curl on the surface. The word
comes from bourrer-to stuff.
Carreau-The same as checks, car
reaux meaning squares.
Chene-A printed effect.
Crepon-A crepe Tor crinlled) effect.
Damasse-A figured fabric showing a
contrast in In ter between the ground
work and the figure. We have the same
idea carried out in damask linen.
Drap d'ete-An Atwood fabric with a
twilled face and broadcloth back;
woven as twill and finished as broad
cloth, with the gloss showing on the
back of the fabric.
Drap de Paris-A twilled armure. In
the weaving the seed-like effects are
given twill effect, as in a serge.
acknowledgements effect.
Frise--A fabric in which the pile
stands up from the surface in uncut
loops. Friser is to curl, or, as we say,
to friz.
Gloria is silk and wool material.
Jacquard-A weave called after its
inventor, in which every warp thread
can be made to move independently of
any other. intricate figures being thus
produced. All such complex figured
fabrics are classed under the broad
name of Jacquards.
Matelasse-A fabric whose face is
broken into rectangular figures and
pulled up so as to resemble quilting
Matelasse may best be translated as
tufted.
Melange literally mixed)-A fabric
produced from yarn that has been
either printed in the wool or dyed of
different colors and mixed together be-
fore being spun.
Satin Berber-A satin faced wool fab
rio with a wool back. The effect is one
of finish rather than of weave.
Satin Soleil-A satin faced armure
fabric woven with ribbed effect.
Sicilian-A plain weave fabric COM
posed of cotton warp and mobair fill
ing, with the filing threads less twisted
and broader on the surface than in a
regular mohair.
Twill-A raised cord running in a
diagonal direction in the fabric, from
left to right. Any fabric with this
weave may be called twill. The num-
Der of twills to the inch in cashmere and
other standard fabrics is often used to
indicate their quality.
Vigoureux-An effect produced by
printing the yarn of which the fabric
is composed and using it without any
regard to order or design.
Zibeline-A wool material used in i'm
itation of sable fur. II has on the face
long hairs that give it fur-like appear
ance. and may be produced in several
ways, but all give the same distinguish
ing feature. A 'camers hair" fabric
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