A French encyclopedia entry on "tissu" (fabric) from the Nouveau Larousse Illustré. It gives the general and figurative meanings of the word, then a technical survey of fabrics classified by fiber (wool, goat hair, silk, linen, hemp, jute, cotton, velvet, knitted and mesh fabrics). It also covers waterproof, fireproof and pharmaceutical fabrics, and ends with a short section on histological and pathological tissue.