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TICKING , a strong linen or cotton
pink
Ticking is used for mattresses, awnings and tents. In some qualities it is also used as a foundation for embroidery . White, grey, or brownish warp threads are usually flax, whilethe coloured threads are often cotton
The structure of the fabric is termed a twill, of which four varieties, each showing four units, are illustrated. Fig. I, the ordinary three-leaf twill, is more extensively used than any other. Occasionallythe pattern or twill is in one direction only, but more often the direction is reversed at intervals, thus producing what is technically termed a " herring-bone " or an " arrow-head " twill. Fig. 2 complete on. twenty-four threads and three picks shows such a pattern, where the twill is reversed every twelve threads. Figs
the four- thread and five-thread straight twills respectively, while fig. 5 is the five-thread sateen twill. These two latter weaves require a great
ticks
Mattress ticks
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