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1 Cloth Of Gold
A fabric with a pure silk ground in brocade designs, developed with gold threads. Woven at Braintree for very special purposes - Coronation robes, court dresses, church vestments, etc. The fabric is specially made as required. -
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3 Leather Cloth
A kind of melton fabric, woven with cotton warp, two ends as one, and wool weft, plain weave, and generally dyed black or very dark grey. Made principally in Yorkshire with very heavy yarns, and is a cheap type of melton cloth. ———————— A fabric made from cotton to imitate leather in appearance. After being dyed and shrunk the cloth is passed through spreading machines which apply a nitro-cellulose coloured paste. If necessary several coats of paste may be applied. The fabric is then dried, the solvents evaporated, and finally embossed to simulate the grain of leather, etc. -
4 Caro Cloth
A carded woollen fabric produced by special automatic machinery by the Caro Cloth Corporation. The cloth can be embossed or rubberised. It is cheap and resists wear. Used for overcoats heavy suitings etc. A cotton yarn base is used and the wool is ' needled ' into this base. The four rows of needle bars operate at 600 penetrations per minute. The sheets of wool fibres can be as thick or thin as required. The Caro fabrics can be produced very cheaply. When it is fulled the felting action is at right angles to the length and width and the more it is fulled, the stronger it becomes. -
5 Fireproof Cloth
Cotton cloth treated with various chemical solutions is rendered flameproof, but only asbestos is truly fireproof. For fabrics that are not to be washed, sodium tungstate, borax, boric acid, aluminium acetate or sodium silicate are used mixed with some organic salt such as gypsum, chalk, Epsom salts, china clay, alum, etc. For fabrics that are to be washed such as flannelette - A soaking in a solution of sodium stannate and then in a solution of ammonium sulphate, dried and washed, will render the material flameproof. This process forms a more or less insoluble compound on the fibre. Other compounds used are aluminium sulphate and after-treatment with desodium hydrogen phosphate, to form aluminium phosphate on the fibre (see Asbestos cloth) -
6 Grinny Cloth
A term used by both shippers and merchants to indicate that a cloth is very reedy, e.g., instead of the threads being evenly distributed spaces appear where the wires of the reed have been causing the thread to group in twos, threes, etc. (see Reedy Cloth) -
7 Label Cloth
A heavily sized plain weave cotton cloth used for labels, tags, etc. The cloth is finished with a glazed surface. One quality is made 64 ends and 64 picks per inch, 32's T., 30's W., but there are numerous qualities. -
8 Pilot Cloth
A woollen goods term given to the indigo-blue dyed heavy overcoating cloth, used for seamen's coats, etc. Usually made with 4-shaft twill weave, 54-in. finished and dyed, principally dark blue, but brown, black and green are done. These cloths have a thick nap on the face. A typical cloth is made from 250 yard/oz. woollen crossband and 130 yard/oz. woollen crossband weft and weighs 36 oz. per yard. -
9 Surgical Cloth
Bandage cloth in the plain weave in makes such as 47 ends and 29 picks per inch, 36's warp, 12's weft; and 47 ends and 26 picks per inch, 32's warp, 20's weft. Bleached in the piece. Used in hospitals, etc. The cloth is made 42-in. or 46-in. wide, and after bleaching is slit into various widths suitable for use as bandages. -
10 Tobacco Cloth
Low quality plain weave cloth used for covering plants, for packing meat, bookbinding, etc. Bleached and soft finished. Widths from 24-in. to 46-in. A standard cloth has 28 ends and 24 picks per inch, 30's warp, 44's weft, and weighs 61/4-lb. for 36-in. 100 yards. -
11 Ulster Cloth
Heavy woollen fabric for overcoating, made from wool warp and shoddy weft in America. Woven 32 ends and 48 picks per inch, weighing 35-oz. per yard for 75-in. cloth. Warp about 2 run, weft 13/4 run. Yarns are dyed solid colours, black, navy, brown, etc. Finished with a long nap which is laid straight. The cloth resembles a zibeline, but is not so lustrous. -
12 Lancaster Cloth
A light, washable oilcloth used on shelves, tables, round wash basins, etc. Made with a cotton back and with a face dressing of linseed oil, etc. compound, generally with a white, cream or light coloured ground with imitation marble veining in colour, or other printed design. -
13 Cheese Cloth
A low plain weave fabric, such as 24 X 20 to 52 X 48 per inch, 40's/36's, 9 to 12 yards to the pound. Sometimes termed " bunting." Used for wrapping cheese, meat, etc., sugar, salt, and flour bags. Bleached in a pure finish. Widths vary from 24-in. to 50-in. The cloth mostly used for bags is woven 36-in. 120 yard, 44 X 40, 30's/42's, 131/2-lb. -
14 China Grass Cloth
A plain weave fabric made from yarns spun from ramie (China grass) in many widths and qualities. The lustre on the fabric gives an impression of linen. It is used for small tablecloths, etc. (see Grass Cloth) -
15 Composition Cloth
A strong cotton or linen duck cloth, treated to make it waterproof, and used for bags, covers, etc. -
16 Dorset Cloth
A coarse, plain-weave cloth for use as floorcloth, etc. Made with 32 ends and 32 picks per inch, 2/14's warp, bump weft. Many qualities used to be made here, but the trade is now passing to the Continent. -
17 Gypsy Cloth
A plain weave cotton cloth usually in cream shades and raised face finish, and used for sportswear, tennis, boating, etc. It is made in various widths, 33-in., 45-in. and 54-in. and about 54 ends and 60 picks per inch, 32's T., 16's W. It is a very good quality flannelette. -
18 Macintosh Cloth
A fabric that was named after the inventor. It was produced by cementing together two layers of fine cotton fabric with a solution of caoutchouc in coal naptha, or liquid rubber. The fabrics and the solution are permanently pressed together through wood rollers and the cloth is then thoroughly dried. It is made up into outer garments, aprons, etc., which resist rough wear and are weather and moisture proof. -
19 Palm Beach Cloth
A wool fabric originally made for wear as suitings, dresses, etc., at Palm Beach, U.S.A. Plain weave, from light coloured yarn dyed wools, in 26-in. widths, 48 ends and 48 picks per inch, 40's worsted warp and weft. They are now also made with two-fold or single cotton warp and about 40/58 picks per inch, in both plain colours and stripes. The weft is either mohair or hard wool. A popular cloth is made 2 white 2 grey ends, in the warp of 2/32's cotton, and 24's lustre weft, 34 ends and 42 picks per inch. An all-cotton imitation is made, but is a very poor substitute. -
20 Peruvian Cloth
A cloth much used for table covers. About 66-in. to 72-in. wide, made from heavy linen yarns dyed in dark shades of red, blue, brown, etc. Woven plain, but embroidered afterwards. Of Peruvian manufacture.
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