Ticking
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A short encyclopedia entry on ticking, a strong linen or cotton fabric woven in colored stripes for mattresses, awnings and tents. It covers the origin of the name, the fibers used for warp and weft, and the twill structures employed, illustrated by five small drawdown diagrams. Three-leaf, herringbone, four- and five-thread straight twills and five-thread sateen are described.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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