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MOHAIR CLOTH [3 records]

Record 1 2002-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Wool Industry
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

... is manufactured from the long silky hair of the Angora goat ... Mohair fabrics are inherently cool to the touch, resistant to dust and moisture, and have a firm, lustrous hand ... which holds up well in the wash, with less "fuzzing out" ... Our natural white is the hue of goats’wool after being bleached, a warmish off-white.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie lainière
  • Nomenclature des tissus
CONT

[...] il faudrait définir les termes comme «mohair», «tricot de mohair» [...] et indiquer précisément quel contenu en mohair est requis dans un tissu pour qu'il soit qualifié de tissu de mohair [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

poodle cloth : A looped bouclé or knotted fancy yarn fabric... Resembling the coat or fleece of a French poodle it was first made of wool and mohair yarn, the latter providing the effect. Now made from other fibers, knitgoods of poodle cloth are of the staple variety in the women's coating trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Clothing (Military)
CONT

Cloth cap :-without piping in the crown;-cloth covered peak;-mohair braid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Habillement (Militaire)
OBS

Soutache : Tresse de galon [...]. Ouvrage de passementerie (tresse ou galon) servant d'ornement distinctif sur les uniformes, les képis [...].

Spanish

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