weave forming a diagonal visible only on the right side of the fabric, generally inclined at 45°.

cotton fabric with a complex weave, it is composed of a simple weave (its basic structure), on which is fixed an additional thread, called pile thread – this pile thread is cut to give its velvety aspect to the fabric – when it presents ribs (woven in serge weave), we speak about corduroy – when […]

artificial textile material invented in Great Britain by Cross and Bevan, and the same year in the United States by Arthur Little

fabric whose surface is regularly deformed by a technique which consists in gathering a fabric at the same time in the direction of the width and the height

all the parallel threads, regularly spaced, arranged in the direction of the length of a piece of fabric (parallel to the edges of a fabric), as opposed to the weft which is perpendicular – the number of threads forming the warp is very variable

aspect of a fabric having undergone one or more washes to give it an aged appearance

treatment of a fabric so that water slides off without entering

which by nature or by treatment is not permeable, cannot be penetrated, impregnated by water or by a fluid

the way in which the warp and weft threads of a fabric are interwoven to form a visible pattern on its surface – in knitting, this is called binding

all the threads stretched on the loom and passing transversally between the warp threads, to constitute a fabric