Weave

velours

02.10.2025

A closely napped fabric resembling velvet, used chiefly for clothing and upholstery.

vat-dyed

Material dyed by insoluble vat colors produced on the fabric by oxidation. Considered the most resistant to the effects of washing and sunlight. Or...

Upholstered Furniture Action Council (UFAC)

The Upholstered Furniture Action Council was founded in 1978 to make upholstered furniture more resistant to ignition from smoldering cigarettes. I...

unfinished

Fabrics left as they come off the loom.

twist

The turning of fibers or yarns around their axes, expressed in number of turns per unit length.

tweed

A coarse, rugged, often nubby woolen fabric made in any of various twill weaves and used chiefly for casual suits and coats.

tufted fabric

Fabric decorated with short clusters of elongated strands of yarn. Made by hooked needles into fabric structures or by high-speed tufting machines.

tricot

French for warp-knitted fabric, usually flat-knitted with fine ribs on the face and ribs on the back.

toxic waste

If a threshold concentration of one of fourteen substances listed by RCRA is present in an extract of a waste stream, the entire waste stream is cl...