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Fabrics

A list of 562 words by mollusque.

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Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.

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  • bilby commented on the list fabrics

    etamins.

    August 23, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list fabrics

    I have it under etamine, and OED's listing is for estamin.

    I'm in Paris at the moment, so I don't have access to some of my usual resources to dig further into this. Anyone?

    August 24, 2008

  • agatehinge commented on the list fabrics

    I've got three fabrics for you that are or have been mainstays of the drapery trade. I've sewn miles and miles of these fabrics.

    I thought I saw antique satin on your list but now I can't find it. It's not old satin, it's a slubbed fabric and a distinct entity from satin.

    In the drapery business, tergal is synonymous for sheer, specifically a polyester-type sheer fabric that is 118" wide. True tergal is from France, where it originated, and where Tergal is a brand name.

    Another fabric from the wonderful world of window coverings you might consider is casement. It used to be an industry standard, but fell out of popularity around the time English cottage look came in, which was all flower-print cotton. Casement is a machine-made loose-weave fabric which was only used, as far as I know, for draperies. I assume it got its name from the fact it is full of little casements, like lace or net, but the look is nothing like lace or net.

    April 12, 2010

  • mollusque commented on the list fabrics

    Thanks, agatehinge. I've added tergal and casement. Antique satin doesn't fit my list because it's two words.

    Good to have a fabric expert around. Anything to add about etamine/etamins/estamins from the previous comments?

    April 12, 2010

  • agatehinge commented on the list fabrics

    I'm hardly an expert--it's just bit a pratical knowledge I picked up in the workroom. Don't know etamine by name, but I thought of another one, flax.

    April 12, 2010

  • agatehinge commented on the list fabrics

    BTW, I should mention the impressiveness of this list is unholy.

    April 12, 2010

  • mollusque commented on the list fabrics

    Thanks again. The reverse dictionary function of OneLook helped quite a bit in compiling it.

    OED has a cloth definition of flax, so it's in.

    April 12, 2010

  • john commented on the list fabrics

    Fantastic list. Another great source for this might be our fearless leader's other web site.

    April 12, 2010

  • marky commented on the list fabrics

    neat list ;)

    April 18, 2010

  • actung commented on the list fabrics

    How about tabbinet?

    December 21, 2011

  • mollusque commented on the list fabrics

    Thanks actung, I have it listed under tabinet.

    December 22, 2011