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Mordants
Mordants are after-fixing chemicals essential to impart some degree of colour fastness performance to most natural dyes and some synthetic ones. They are typically metal salts and therefore decidedly...
Harness
An assemblage of HEDDLES mounted on a HARNESS FRAME that moves them all together. A separate HARNESS is used for each group of WARP ENDS that must be moved independently to weave a desired...
Durable Finish
Any type of finish that is reasonably resistant to normal usage and to washing or dry-cleaning (or...
DWR (fabrics)
Durable water repellent. DWR fabrics retain their ability to repel water after washing, dry cleaning or heavy wear.....