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41 Lustre Cloths
These are unions of cotton and wool - usually cotton warp and Alpaca, mohair, or other lustre wool weft. Such fabrics as alpacas, Brilliantines, Glaces, Sicilians, etc., are lustres. A typical lustre cloth is made plain weave 50-in. wide, 40 ends and 48 picks per inch, 2/80's dyed cotton warp and 16's mohair weft. Reeded one end in a dent. The warp is dyed black. This cloth is a Sicilian. -
42 Lustre Yarns
Wool term for lustre wool such as Lincoln and Leicester which makes strong yarns for fabrics where much wear and strength are required. Single and two-fold counts are produced up to 30's and 2/36's or 2/40's. Mohair and alpaca wools are also termed lustres, and all are worsted yarns. -
43 Madonna
A fancy alpaca cloth made in Yorkshire in the 19th century. The weave was plain with silk stripes. -
44 Orleans Linings
A fabric made in Bradford, and used as a lining for dress goods. Yarns are fine cotton warp, worsted weft, either plain weave or figured, and generally dyed. Other styles have a mixture weft of cotton and alpaca. -
45 Paco Wool
Another name for Alpaca. -
46 Paxo
Another name for alpaca. -
47 Princess Twill Lining
A Bradford lining fabric, usually woven with cotton warp and alpaca weft. Made in various qualities. The cloth is piece-dyed. The weave is a straight twill on 8 ends and 8 picks, 5 up, 1 down, 1 up, 1 down.
Dictionary of the English textile terms > Princess Twill Lining
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48 Shetland Veils
SHETLAND VEILS, or FALLSLight weight very open mesh shawls, knitted of fine Shetland wool, and made with a scalloped edge. Often also has camel, goat or alpaca hair mixed with the wool. -
49 Falls
SHETLAND VEILS, or FALLSLight weight very open mesh shawls, knitted of fine Shetland wool, and made with a scalloped edge. Often also has camel, goat or alpaca hair mixed with the wool. -
50 Skirt Lace
Narrow woven braids made of alpaca and mohair for skirt trimmings, made in many qualities. -
51 Vicunia
VICUNA, or VICUNIA, or VICUGNAThe animal that provides the finest wool in the world with hairs only half as thick as fine merino wool. The vicuna is one of the camel tribe and is a native of Southern Peru. Its scientific name is Lama Vicunia. It is a graceful swift little animal like a small antelope. The annual production is estimated at 10,000-lb. to 12,000-lb. Weight for weight it is said to be the warmest of all wools. Its natural colour is dark tobacco colour of good fastness. It dyes like wool, but requires more dye to attain a given depth of tone. It is capable of imparting the utmost smoothness, softness and closeness to fine black coatings and is used thus by Bradford and other manufacturers. ———————— Another species or variety of the Genus Auchenia. See Alpaca (extract wool)
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alpaca — sustantivo femenino 1. (macho y hembra) Lama pacos. Mamífero rumiante sudamericano, parecido a la llama, pero más pequeño. 2. (no contable) Pelo largo, brillante y suave que se obtiene de este animal. 3. (no contable) Tela fabricada con este pelo … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
alpaca — (n.) 1792, from Sp. alpaca, probably from Aymara allpaca, related to Quechua p ake yellowish red. The al is perhaps from influence of Arabic definite article (see ALMOND (Cf. almond)). Attested in English from 1753 in the form pacos … Etymology dictionary
alpaca — s. f. 1. Ruminante do gênero do lama, domesticado na América do Sul por causa da sua comprida lã. 2. Lã de alpaca. 3. Tecido dessa lã. 4. Liga de cobre, zinco, níquel e prata empregada na fabricação de talheres, moedas, etc … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
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alpaca — ⇒ALPAGA, ALPACA, ALPAGUE, subst. masc. A. ZOOL. Mammifère ruminant de la famille des camélidés, intermédiaire entre le lama et la vigogne, vivant dans la Cordillère des Andes et dont la toison est formée de poils laineux très longs et très fins … Encyclopédie Universelle
