TADPOLE EPONGE

Cotton or cotton-and-wool fabric made of 3, 4 or 5 plain warp ends alternating with one loop thread and cotton weft. The loops are irregularly scattered over the surface, but fairly close together (see Eponge)

A French term for sponge cloth, or ratine woven from a hard twist warp and soft spun weft, usually a fancy yarn to give the soft and loose woven fabric required. A dress eponge is made from fancy warp and weft yarns, 64-in. wide, 14 ends and 16 picks per inch, weight about 11-oz, per yard. The yarns are looped with the loops bound by a third thread of cotton (the core is cotton and the looping thread wool). Tadpole Eponge is woven from yarn with a thick nub at intervals.