Patent ID: 7601418

Claim:
A towel having a graphic impression, produced by: weaving a towel on a Dobby loom using at least two different colors of yarn, such that a border having a first darker color is woven adjacent each edge of said towel, on one side thereof, and a border having a second lighter color is woven adjacent of said towel on the other side, said towel having a central area woven within said borders on both said one side and said other side, said central area on said other side is woven with said first darker color, said central area on said one side is woven with said second lighter color, shearing said one side to a height of about 75 to about 95% of the height of said other side; blooming said one side such that a graphic impression can be intensely applied thereto; forming a graphic impression in said central area on said one side, wherein said towel retains its preprinted water absorbency characteristics; and wherein said border on said one side is capable of masking said graphic impression that may overlap onto said border from said central area on said one side, eliminating the need for precise alignment of said graphic impression within said central area of said one side; and wherein said central area on said second side is capable of masking any potential bleed through of said graphic impression from said central area of said one side.