Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
USEFUL T~OsHOPPERs
FRENCH NAMES TOO GENERALLY
USED IN DRY GOODS STORES.

Explanation OF n Number OF the Terms Ap-
piled TO Commonly Used ArticIes-Few
People Who Know That Those Names
Ever Had ANY Meaning.
Many of our fabrics and dress goods
have French names-and we use them
without much idea that they orisinally
had n meaning.
Armure 1s a material woven so that
the cloth has the effect of being woyen
with small seeds on the thread.
Barre refers to a fabric crossed by
bars Of a contrasting color.
Bayadere comes from the dancing
girls Of the East, whose garments are
made OF stuffs crossed from selvaee to
selvage with stripes. and when worn
these stripes appear to run around the
body.
Beige-Composed OF yarn in which
two colors are mixed.
Boucle-A fabric having q marked
curl or loop in the yarn, which ia
thrown to the surface. Boucle ia
French for curl.
Bourcette-This puts a lump instead
OF a curl on the surface. The word
NS,HCo NUN bOuieT-lO STUN.
Carreau-the same as checks, car
Feaux meaning squares.
Chene-A printed effect.
Crepon-A crepe or crinkled effect.
Damasse-A figured fabric showing
a contrast in lustre between the
groundwork and the figure. We have
the same idea carried out IN damask
linen.
Drap d'ete-An all wool fabric with
q twilled face and ]broadcloth back:
woven as a twill and finished as a
broadcloth, 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 a 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 frizz.
Gloria is a silk and wool material,
jacquard A weave called after
Its inventor, In which every warp
thread can be made to move independ-
emily of any other, Intricate figures be-
Ing thus produced. Ali 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 rs to resemble quilting.
Mate!asse may best be translated as
tufted.
Melange (iterally, mixed)-A fabric
produced from yarn hat 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 "a
brio with a FOOL back. The effect 10
one of finish rather than of weave:
Satin Soleil-A satin-faced armure
fabric woven with a ribbed effect.
Sicilian-A plain weave fabric COM
posed of a cotton warp and mohatr fill
ing, with the filling 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 a twill. Tha
number Of wills to the inch In cash
mere and other standard fabrics ls OFT
en- used to indicate their quality.
VigoUreuX-:n eject produced by
printing the warn nr which the fabric
is composed nd using 1t without any
regard to olGcr CT design.
ZibeliEe.& wee! material usad in
imitation o! Sable 'ur. 1t has on the
a long hairs that give 1t a fur-like
appearance. ard may be produced in
several ways. but all eive the same dis
tinguishing feature. A "cameI's hair"
fabric.