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Taffeta: Medium-weight, plain-weave, lustrous fabric,<br />
made with filament yarns. Slight crosswise ribs.<br />
Fabric has great rustle when rubbed. Used for dresses,<br />
blouses, and women’s suits. Varieties include antique<br />
taffeta, faille taffeta, moiré taffeta, paper taffeta, and<br />
tissue taffeta.<br />
Tapestry: Heavy, spun-yarn, ribbed fabric with colored<br />
jacquard design resulting from different-colored<br />
groupings of filling yarns (visible as stripes on fabric<br />
back). Made with two sets of warp yarns and two<br />
sets of filling yarns. Used for wall hangings, upholstery,<br />
and handbags. With hand-woven tapestry, the<br />
filling yarns used to produce the design only interlace<br />
within the perimeter of the design being cut.<br />
The yarns are left hanging fringelike on the back.<br />
With machine-made woven tapestry, these filling<br />
yarns weave from selvage to selvage.<br />
Terry cloth: Medium-weight, soft, cotton-type fabric<br />
with low-twist yarns forming surface loops. Used<br />
for towels and beach robes.<br />
Ticking: Heavy, strong, closely woven, cotton-type<br />
fabric, usually made with stripes or woven design.<br />
Used for mattress and pillow coverings, upholstery,<br />
and work clothes.<br />
Tissue faille: Lightweight faille. See faille.<br />
Tissue taffeta: Lightweight, transparent taffeta.<br />
See taffeta.<br />
FABRIC SCIENCE<br />
A 116 F<br />
Toile de Jouy: Light- to medium-weight, plain<br />
weave, fine, cotton-type fabric, usually with one<br />
color-printed scenic design. Used for interior furnishings<br />
and clothing.<br />
Tulle: Very fine, slightly stiff, silky, netlike fabric.<br />
Used for wedding veils, party gowns, and trimmings.<br />
Tweed: Medium- to heavyweight, woolen, roughtwill-weave<br />
fabric with a fuzzy surface and colored<br />
nub or slub yarns. Used for suits and coats. Varieties<br />
include Donegal tweed, Harris tweed, Irish tweed,<br />
and Scottish tweed.<br />
Velvet: Medium-weight, manufactured or silkfilament<br />
yarn fabric with cut-pile surface that<br />
stands erect. Used for dresses, suits, and interior<br />
furnishings.<br />
Velveteen: Medium-weight, cotton-type fabric with<br />
cut-pile surface that lies flat. Used for dresses and<br />
robes.<br />
Voile: Lightweight, sheer, crisp, plain-weave, hightwist<br />
spun-yarn, cotton-type fabric with very, very<br />
fine yarns. Used for curtains and blouses.<br />
Whipcord: Heavy, strong cotton or worsted-type<br />
fabric with prominent, round, diagonal twill lines.<br />
Similar to heavy gabardine with a more prominent<br />
twill line. Used for riding clothes and uniforms.
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