Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-01-12
USEFUL TOSHOPPERS
FRENCH NAMES TOO GENERALLY
USED ne DRY GOODS STORES.


Explanation of Number of the Terms Ap-
piled to Commonly Used Artiolss-Few
People Who Know That These Names
Ever Had Amy Meaning.
Many of our fabrics and dress goods
gave French names-and we use them
without much idea that they originally
had any meaning.
Armure is material woven so that
the cloth has the effect of being woven
with small seeds on the thread.
Barre refers to 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 selvage 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 marked
curl or loop in the yarn. which IS
thrown to the surface. Boucle Is
French for curl.
Bourcette-This puts lump instead
Of curl on the surface. The WORD
comes from Bourer-to stuff.
Carreau-the same as checks, car
reaux meaning squares.
Chene-A printed effect.
Crepon-A crepe or crinkled erect
Damasse-A figured fabric showing
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
twilled face and broadcloth back;
woven as twill and finished as
broadcloth, with the gloss showing on
the back of the fabric,
Drap de Paris-A twilled armure IN
the weaving the seed-like effectsF are
given twill effect, as in assei 81
Etamine-Openwork 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. All such complex
figured fabrics are classed under the
broad name of Jacquards.
Matelasse-A fabric whose face 10
broken into rectangular figures and
pulled up so as to resemble quilting.
Matelasse may best be translated as
I'tufted.
Melange Qiterally, mixed)-A fabric
produced from yarn that has been
either printed in the wool or dyed OK
different colors and mixed together be-
| fore being spun. s
Satin Berber-A satin faced wool Ia
brio with a wool back. The effect u
one of finish rather than Of weave.
Satin Soleil-A satin-faced armurs
fabric woven with ribbed effect.
Sicilian-A plain weave fabric COM
posed of cotton warp and mohair fill
ing, with the filling threads less twisted
and broader on the surface than in q
regular mohair.
Twill-A raised cord running la q
diagonal direction in the fabric from
left to right. Any fabric with this
weave may be called a twill. The
number of twills to the inch In CASH
mere and other standard fabrics Is Oft
en- used to indicate their quality.
Vigoureux-An effect produced by
printing the yarn Of which the fabric
is composed and using 1t without any
regard to order or design.
Zibeline-A wool material used In
| imitation of sable fur. 1t has on the
face long hairs that give it a fur-like
appearance, and may be produced in
several ways, but all give the same dis
| tinguishing feature. A "camel's hair"
| fabric.