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A cotton fabrics glossary (1914)

Frank P. Bennett & Co · Boston, New York, Frank P. Bennett · leaf 51

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much as most of the colors usedare dark shades it is seldom that thecotton fibre is bleached before dye-ing. When the raw cotton has been dyedit is handled in the same manner asordinary raw cotton, and is drawnand spun into roving of the size de-sired, for the yarn in the fabric con-sidered the… … Mock-Twist Suiting. are produced in this manner. Tne ir-regularity of the cloth effect, due tothe mixture yarns, makes the standardof quality somewhat lower than itotherwise would be, and allows themost ordinary mills to produce themif their equipment is such that theycan dye the cotton in the raw…

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