A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems. Ramie is the fiber extracted from this plant, resembling ...
The fraying of yarn at the cut edge of a cloth.
Applying fabric to furniture so that the weft runs vertically, avoiding intermediate seam detailing.
A fine, lustrous silk fabric with embedded cross-ribs. Softer, less crisp and duller than taffeta.
A smooth, soft-luster plain-weave silk or rayon fabric similar to habutai.
Hair from the common rabbit or hare. Occasionally blended in various weaves and knits for softness or special effects.
A sanitizing cleaner, the active ingredient of which is quaternary ammonium compound. The active ingredient is cationic. Its primary use is for the...
Two or more layers of cloth with padding between that is stitched by hand, machine, or chemical methods, usually in a pattern.
Underwool of the domesticated musk ox that is considered the rarest and most luxurious wool fiber in the world. Fleece is not shorn from the musk o...