ARMURE Wool Fabric

Made in wide widths for use as dresses, coats, etc., good quality yarns, 72-ends, 68 picks per inch. The warp is usually end and end mohair and worsted, two-fold yarns, such as 2 / 60's or 2 / 40's - The weft is single worsted 26's to 32's. Other qualities are made from one kind of warp, but in right and reverse twist, and up to about loo-ends per inch. Cotton weft is used in the cheapest cloths, about 48's yarn dyed black. The photograph shows a typical wool Armure fabric made in a fancy rep weave 84 X 68, 2 / 60's botany / 30's botany. A heavy cloth is also termed "Armure", used for drapery and curtains, woven with brocade figuring on the armure weave ground, and all-wool yarns

Besides the wool cloths (see Armure Wool) silk cloths are sold as armures under the following names - Louisine, Barathea, Ottoman and Royale, in fine yams and close weaving. A fabric known as Silk Armure is made in the 8-shaft satin weave, either plain or with small warp spots. It has a warp face and grege silk is used for both warp and weft. It is dyed and dull finished.

A French all-wool dress fabric in crepe and corded effects combined. Dyed black and dull finished, of light summer weight. Made 45 -in. wide. Also known as Armure Victoria.