The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods (1922)
Cooke, J. Herbert · London, New York [etc.] Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd · leaf 53
he pile picksbound in by a larger number of binding picks so as togive strength to the pile, and the arrangement of warpends and picks is such that the pattern forms the clothinto a twill back, which is to all intents and purposesa fast pile, i.e. the pile will not come out in the… … 1234-561234-5 Diagram E Section of the Twill Back or Genoa Velvet with the pile cut. Note the protection to the pile offered by the loops at the back of the cloth. this need, one of the stages of development in cottonvelvet was the production of a fast pile plain back,in which an increased number…
Velvet · Cotton manufacture
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