. The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods. ch a quality would be used for dressornamentation, trimmings and millinery, where hardwear and friction would be generally absent, and notfor garments and dresses, etc., for which use itsconstruction is not designed. On the other hand, in the case of the twill back orGenoa velvet shown in Diagrams D and E (we havealready seen how the Italian town took its part in theearly evolution of the article) it is intended to produce 38 VELVET AND CORDUROY INDUSTRY a fabric wi
. The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods. ch a quality would be used for dressornamentation, trimmings and millinery, where hardwear and friction would be generally absent, and notfor garments and dresses, etc., for which use itsconstruction is not designed. On the other hand, in the case of the twill back orGenoa velvet shown in Diagrams D and E (we havealready seen how the Italian town took its part in theearly evolution of the article) it is intended to produce 38 VELVET AND CORDUROY INDUSTRY a fabric with a good pile, and to have the pile picksbound in by a larger number of binding picks so as togive strength to the pile, and the arrangement of warpends and picks is such that the pattern forms the clothinto a twill back, which is to all intents and purposesa fast pile, the pile will not come out in the subsequentprocesses of manufacture or when the velvet is worn. Different Qualities. A velvet woven to this patternwould have all the elements of construction to assurewear and durabihty in the finished article. To meet. 1234-561234-5 Diagram E Section of the Twill Back or Genoa Velvet with the pile cut. Note the protection to the pile offered by the loops at the back of the cloth. this need, one of the stages of development in cottonvelvet was the production of a fast pile plain back,in which an increased number of binding threads wereused to tie in the pile picks, hence the name of lashpile or fast pile. The essential feature was that bythis method the pile is bound by being looped under andover three ends in these fast pile weaves, instead ofbeing looped under only one as in the case of ordinaryvelvet. The effect of this weave of pile was that whendyed and finished the cloth, whilst possessing greatdurability, had a rather firm touch and lacked thatsuppleness so essential in the draping of a dress orgarment. To obviate this, the twill back or Genoaback was introduced, a
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