Those pollutants that cause or may cause cancer, other serious health effects (such as reproductive effects or birth defects) or adverse environmen...
A rectangular frame on a loom that holds the heddles through which the warp yarns pass. A loom’s harnesses raise and lower the heddles in predeterm...
The amount of time it takes half of an initial concentration of substance to degrade in the environment.
Touch, drape or “handle” of a fabric.
Natural animal fiber other than sheep’s wool or silk.
Smooth, soft, light, plain weave silk originally hand woven in Japan.
A non-directional uncut pile fabric that is warp-looped and extremely resilient and hard wearing. Made of wool or man-made fibers, it generally has...
A closely woven silk or rayon fabric with narrow horizontal ribs.
The condition in which the ground cloth of a pile fabric becomes visible when it is folded or creased.