by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A hardwearing upholstery silk, cotton or acetate fabric woven in alternate stripes of plain and satin or moiré. ...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Another name for the basic weave we usually call plain. So named after the Arabic ‘attābī, for the Attabiya district of Baghdad, where plain fabrics made of silk or cotton were woven ...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A two-tone ikat woven exclusively by the women of the T’boli tribe of the Phillipines from abaca. Traditionally used for clothes, marriage shawls, swaddling and shrouding, no two are alike; these hand woven pieces take months and years to make and are rarely...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
The Wyzenbeek Test is the American version of the Martindale test, and ascertains the resistance of textiles to abrasion. The ratings are not exactly comparable, though it is generally considered that 40,000 Martindale rubs corresponds to 30,000 Wyzenbeek.
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
A pure form of iron with a low carbon content that allows it to be worked and manipulated into forms and shapes–unlike cast iron, which can only be moulded. However, wrought iron is no push-over. Ironmongers use extreme heat from a coal fired furnace and use...
