Crash
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A short encyclopedia entry defining crash as a narrow towelling fabric, 14 to 20 inches wide. It covers the probable Russian origin of the name, the yarns used (flax, tow, boiled yarns, later cotton warp and jute weft), the varieties (grey, boiled, bleached, plain, twilled, fancy), and how the cloth is finished and made up into roller towels.
- 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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