A llama-like animal of the Andes. Expensive and scarce, it is considered the finest classified wool. Sale of this fiber is regulated by the Peruvia...
A point lace without net background. The design is usually embroidered ground removed later by a chemical process that leaves only the embroidery.
Cotton or rayon pile fabric with short, close filling loops cut by sharp knives to create the velvety pile. Unlike velvet that is woven face to fac...
A warp pile fabric with short-cut close pile that gives a smooth rich surface, soft to the touch. Effect is obtained by weaving two faces together ...
A closely napped fabric resembling velvet, used chiefly for clothing and upholstery.
Material dyed by insoluble vat colors produced on the fabric by oxidation. Considered the most resistant to the effects of washing and sunlight. Or...
The Upholstered Furniture Action Council was founded in 1978 to make upholstered furniture more resistant to ignition from smoldering cigarettes. I...
Materials to be eliminated from human use because they cannot be maintained safely in either biological or technical metabolisms.
Fabrics left as they come off the loom.