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  2. Taffeta - Wikipedia

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    Pink taffeta evening coat designed by Sybil Connolly. Taffeta has seen use for purposes other than clothing fabric, including the following: On November 4, 1782, taffeta was used by Joseph Montgolfier of France to construct a small, cube-shaped balloon. This was the beginning of many experiments using taffeta balloons by the Montgolfier ...

  3. Plain weave - Wikipedia

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    Plain weave (also called tabby weave, linen weave or taffeta weave) is the most basic of three fundamental types of textile weaves (along with satin weave and twill). [1] It is strong and hard-wearing, and is used for fashion and furnishing fabrics. Fabrics with a plain weave are generally strong, durable, and have a smooth surface.

  4. Tissue (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    Tissue taffeta can be described as a taffeta textile that is both delicate and lightweight, featuring a sheer quality. [7] The fabric known as silver or gold tissue can be characterized as a type of metal cloth, woven from fine threads of silver or gold, and possessing a transparent and gauzy texture. [ 2 ]

  5. Sailcloth - Wikipedia

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    Film is sandwiched in between two layers of woven taffeta, the film provides most of the stretch resistance and the taffeta enhances tear and abrasion resistance. The high-end versions of this method use a woven Spectra or Kevlar taffeta. In some newer styles, off threadline aramid yarns, are also laid into the laminate.

  6. Shot silk - Wikipedia

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    Shot silk (also called changeant, [1] changeable silk, changeable taffeta, cross-color, changeable fabric, [2] or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade") [3]) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance. [4]

  7. Lampas - Wikipedia

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    Lampas is a type of luxury fabric created on a draw loom with a background weft (a "ground weave") typically in taffeta with supplementary wefts (the "pattern wefts") laid on top and forming a design, sometimes also with a "brocading weft". Lampas is typically woven in silk, and often has gold and silver thread enrichment. The lampas technique ...

  8. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    taffeta Taffeta is a type of fabric, often used for fancy dresses. tapestry Tapestry is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a weaving-loom. The chain thread is the carrier in which the coloured striking thread is woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created. Most weavers use a naturally based chain thread made out of ...

  9. Grosgrain - Wikipedia

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    "Grosgrain" is commonly used to refer to a heavy, stiff ribbon of silk or nylon [6] woven via taffeta weave using a heavy weft, which results in distinct transverse ribs. Historically, grosgrain was made from wool , silk , or a combination of fibers such as silk and wool or silk and mohair . [ 2 ]