What are some common textile terms?
MATELASSE: A soft, double or compound fancy-woven fabric with a quilted appearance usually woven on a Jacquard loom. Our Matelasse designs include Queen Elizabeth, Abigail, Heritage and Cape Cod among others. CANDLEWICK: Fabric woven on jacquard looms to create fluffy tufts of soft cotton yarns closely arranged in continuous lines or spaced at intervals to create a design. Often called chenille (which is a type of very soft yarn), the name candlewick refers to fabric loops as being similar in length to the “wick of a candle”. Our candlewick designs are made of terry loop fabric. CHENILLE: A very soft yarn used as filling in fabrics with a fuzzy appearance. TERRY: A cotton fabric having uncut loops on one or both sides made on a dobby loom with a terry arrangement or on a Jacquard loom. Our Martha’s Choice bedspread is of terry construction and soft like chenille. JACQUARD: A system of weaving using a pattern mechanism to permit the production of large, intricate designs. The weave patt
