wearing of kente cloth has become widespread to commemorate special occasions, and kente brands led by master weavers are in high demand. Kente is also worn...

Beta cloth is a type of fireproof PTFE impregnated silica fiber cloth used in the manufacture of Apollo/Skylab A7L space suits, the Apollo Thermal Micrometeoroid...

kente cloths in cotton and silk in the weaving village of Bonwire. The term kente means basket and refers to the checkerboard pattern of the cloths....

According to Akan oral tradition, Kente originates from Bonwire. Bonwire is the home of the famous Akan Kente cloth. According to history, two friends...

Chino cloth (/ˈtʃiːnoʊ/ CHEE-noh) is a twill fabric originally made from 100% cotton. The most common items made from it, trousers, are widely called...

Terrycloth, terry cloth, terry cotton, terry toweling, terry, terry towel, Turkish toweling (formerly), or simply toweling is a fabric woven with many...

Oxford cloth is a type of woven dress shirt fabric, employed to make dress shirts sometimes called Oxford shirts worn on casual to formal occasions. Oxford...

Hesse (1264–1567) and its successors, who were called Hessians. Hessian cloth comes in different types of construction, form, size and color. The origin...

India. Authentic Madras comes from Chennai (Madras); both sides of the cloth must bear the same pattern; it must be handwoven (evidenced by the small...

associated with the Isle of Harris in the Hebrides. The original name of the cloth was tweel, Scots for twill, the material being woven in a twilled rather...

these techniques. Fabric has a broader application than cloth.: 207  Fabric is synonymous with cloth, material, goods, or piece goods. The word 'fabric' also...

corduroy is from cord (i.e., rope) and duroy, which was a coarse woollen cloth made in England in the 18th century. Notwithstanding, the etymology of duroy...

Cheesecloth is a loose-woven gauze-like carded cotton cloth used primarily in cheesemaking and cooking. Cheesecloth is available in at least seven different...

jersey Jacquard jersey Clocqué jersey Stretch jersey Balbriggan (cloth) Kersey (cloth) Portrait of the Channel Islands, Lemprière, London, 1970, ISBN 0-7091-1541-5...

Broadcloth is a dense, plain woven cloth, historically made of wool. The defining characteristic of broadcloth is not its finished width but the fact...

(chicken wire or hardware cloth) Humane animal trapping uses woven or welded wire mesh cages (chicken wire or hardware cloth) to trap wild animals like...

described Sonargaon, "as a town ...... where there is the best and finest cloth made in all India". Abul Fazl wrote "the Sarkar of Sonargaon produces a...

fabric is usually wool, and is one of the most popular cloths used for suits and outerwear. Tweed cloth is often woven with a herringbone pattern. Fatigue...

duck (from Dutch: doek, "linen canvas"), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. Duck canvas is more...

upholstery. It is used especially in sailcloth and lent cloth, sewing threads, handkerchiefs, table cloth, sheets, collars, cuffs etc.. Today, linen is usually...

woollen cloth. They are now superseded by stenter pins. The phrase "on tenterhooks" has become a metaphor for nervous anticipation. After a piece of cloth was...

is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanolin) oils, dirt, and other impurities...

African textiles Fila (hat) Women's wrapper Agbada Yoruba women’s clothing Kente cloth—Woven by Ashanti people Barkcloth—Woven by Buganda people Agbadudu, A...

textile came, in South India, now Kerala, during the 11th century, where the cloth was known as "chaliyan". It was mentioned in Indian literature by the 12th...

terra Côte d'Ivoire – Kente cloth (male), Kente kaba and slit set (female) Gambia – Boubou (male), Kaftan (female) Ghana – Kente cloth or Ghanaian smock (called...

Bògòlanfini or bogolan (Bambara: bɔgɔlanfini; "mud cloth"; sometimes called mud-dyed cloth or mud-painted cloth in English) is a handmade Malian cotton fabric...

Boatema (2011). The Copyright Thing Doesn't Work Here: Adinkra and Kente Cloth and Intellectual Property in Ghana. University of Minnesota Press....

Tattersall is a style of tartan pattern woven into cloth. The pattern is composed of regularly-spaced thin, even vertical warp stripes, repeated horizontally...

Cloth Grosgrain Habutai Haircloth Harris tweed Herringbone Himroo Hodden Irish linen Jamdani Kerseymere Khādī Khaki drill Kijōka-bashōfu Kente cloth Lamé...

stiff satin. Faconne – is jacquard woven satin. Farmer's satin or Venetian cloth – is made from mercerised cotton. Gattar – is satin made with a silk warp...