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Ixtle
Made from linen or cotton with a dobby or basket weave. It is strong. Rough in the surface finish but finer, shinier than cotton huckaback. Has variation in weaves but most have small squares on the surface that stand out from the background. It comes in white, colors, or colored borders, and stripes. The motif is made from a series of floats, some of them rather long, which gives a loose effect in certain areas. This, if well spaced, acts as a good absorbing agency.

A substance that is added to a textile (uncoloured or coloured) to increase the apparent light reflectance in the visible region by the conversion of ultraviolet radiation into visible light and so...

A garment length knitting machine is a specialized type of knitting machine used in the textile industry to produce seamless garments of various lengths. Unlike traditional knitting machines that...

Ball and claw is a decorative motif in furniture design that originated in 18th-century England and later became popular in American furniture. It is characterized by the use of carved ball-shaped...

The name commonly applied to synthetic chemical compounds polymerized on the fabric or yarn to give wash-and-wear and durable press properties, crush resistance, dimentional stability, and hand to...

In textile manufacturing, "solid wood" refers to the use of genuine, natural wood as a raw material in the production of textiles. Solid wood textiles are characterized by their unique texture,...