page_title: Velveteen
hierarchical_section_title: Velveteen
caption_attribution_description: Acanthus block-printed cotton velveteen designed by William Morris. (Identification from Linda Parry, ed.: William Morris, Abrams, 1996, ISBN&#160;0-8109-4282-8 p. 264; Linda Parry: William Morris Textiles, New York, Viking Press, 1983, ISBN&#160;0-670-77074-4, p. 149)
context_page_description: Velveteen is a type of cloth made to imitate velvet. Normally cotton, the term is sometimes applied to a mixture of silk and cotton. Some velveteens are a kind of fustian, having a rib of velvet pile alternating with a plain depression. This fabric has a pile that is short and is closely set. It has a firm hand and a slightly sloping pile. Compared to true velvet, velveteen has greater body, does not drape as easily, and has less sheen.
  The velveteen trade varies with the fashions that control the production of velvet.
context_section_description: Velveteen (or velveret) is a type of cloth made to imitate velvet. Normally cotton, the term is sometimes applied to a mixture of silk and cotton. Some velveteens are a kind of fustian, having a rib of velvet pile alternating with a plain depression. This fabric has a pile that is short (never more than 3 mm deep) and is closely set. It has a firm hand and a slightly sloping pile. Compared to true velvet, velveteen has greater body, does not drape as easily, and has less sheen.
  The velveteen trade varies with the fashions that control the production of velvet.
caption: Block-printed velveteen fabric designed by William Morris
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