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1 Atlas Silk
A wild silk variety obtained from the Attacus atlas. The silkworm spins open cocoons and gives the so-called Ailanthus silk. The fibre is dark coloured and coarser than real silk. Also a silk fabric woven in India of rich coloured yams. -
2 Atlas
A name given to gowns and petticoats about 1712 when there were advertised for sale "a purple and gold atlas gown", "a scarlet and gold atlas petticoat edged with silver", and "a blue and gold atlas gown and petticoat". ———————— A warp knit cotton fabric used very extensively for fabric gloves. The principal feature is the striped appearance of the back which shows horizontal stripes from 3/8-in. to 3/4-in. wide. In making this type of fabric, the yarn guides move in one direction for a number of courses and then reverse for a similar number. Two bars are generally used and they move in opposite directions. One series of warp threads arc used for single atlas with a traverse lap; or two series of warps making similar laps, but in opposite directions for double atlas, and this is perfectly ladder-proof, whereas the single atlas is not. The double atlas is largely used in making rayon lingerie. ———————— The German, Dutch, Russian and Danish name for the 5-end satin weave. The term is used to indicate the satin ground weave used in damasks, thus: - The 5-end atlas is the ordinary 5-end satin, and so on to 16-end atlas. A lining cloth - cotton warp and silk weft - woven 5-shaft sateen - giving a weft face of silk in many qualities. Another Atlas fabric with cotton warp and silk weft is made with the 8-shaft sateen weave. -
3 Ailanthus Silk
Wild silk of greyish or brownish colour, produced by the Attacus atlas in India, which is perhaps the largest moth known. The cocoons are open. This silk is also termed Fagara. -
4 Fagara Silk
A wild silk, produced by the Attacus Atlas in India. See " Ailanthus Silk." This moth is the largest known and spins open cocoons. -
5 Mechi Silk
All-silk fabric woven on hand looms at the latter part of the 19th century in Nepal. The warp and weft are spun yarns of long staple from the silk of the cocoons of the Atlas silkworm. -
6 Attacus
A genus of silk moths, formerly regarded as a class of wild silks. The genus includes the A. ricini or eria, A. cynthia or ailanthus, A. atlas and A. selene. A. ricini - Found in Asia and America, gives a very white and good quality silk, production increasing yearly. A. cynthia and A. atlas - Spin open cocoons and give the so-called Fagara or Ailanthus silk. A. selene - A variety of tussah silk with a very irregular fibre, and has spots of grey, blue, yellow and white.
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