Cashmere
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A dictionary entry on cashmere as a fabric, describing the Kashmir shawl made from the downy wool of the Thibet goat and how it was woven, with figures added by shuttle or by needle. It also covers European imitations woven on the Jacquard loom in Paris, Lyons and Nismes, a French loom that makes both sides alike, and the Hindoo shawl. A final sense defines cashmere as a woolen and cotton figured dress goods.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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