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Study of fabrics (1918)

Turner, Annabell · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 68

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wool material and ex-pose the warp and weft threads separately.After some practice the cotton can be quitereadily detected unless it is covered with wool,as is often the case. Wool threads are more TESTS FOR WOOLEN MATERIALS 55 curly and elastic than cotton. White wool usu-ally has a creamy tint… … Warp and Weft Threads Exposed Separately ance of wool and cotton, especially of white wooland cotton. In a plain colored material the cotton maysometimes be detected by the difference in theway the threads have taken the dye. It is al-most impossible to dye cotton and wool exactlythe same color.…

Textile fabrics · Clothing and dress

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