he satin.
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[Illustration: Fig. 58]
_Satin Serge._
On 8 shafts, straight draw.
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[Illustration: Fig. 59]
_Cote Satinee._
On 16 harness, skip draw.
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_Rhadzimir-Surah 2-2._ After a certain number of picks of the regular surah
all the warp-threads are crossed in two's thereby causing a sort of a rib
or cut line across the fabric.
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_Rhadzimir of 4 picks._
On 8 shafts, straight draw.
[Illustration: Fig. 60]
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_Rhadzimir of 6 picks._
On 8 shafts, straight draw.
[Illustration: Fig. 61]
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3. From the Satin Weave
_Satin Soleil_ shows a satin-like surface with a cross line appearance.
Fig. 62 illustrates it as made on 8 shafts, straight draw.
[Illustration: Fig. 62]
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_Satin Grec_ is a 12-harness satin, in which a taffeta point is added to
each place of interlacing, thus giving the cloth a much firmer hand. Fig.
63 represents this weave on 12 shafts, skip draw.
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[Illustration: Fig. 63]
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_Peau de Soie._ An 8-shaft satin with one point added on the right or left
to the original spots, giving the fabric a somewhat grainy appearence. Fig.
64 represents a peau de soie on 8 shafts, straight through.
[Illustration: Fig. 64]
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_Fleur de Soie._ The face is a satin de Lyon (2-1 twill), with a backing
interlaced on the 12-shaft satin principle, Fig. 65, on 12 shafts, skip
draw.
[Illustration: Fig. 65]
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CANNELE and REPP WEAVES
are in their construction related to the taffeta, and are used mostly in
the form of stripes as an additional ornament to a fabric. The threads
going into the composition of these effects exchange continually from
taffeta interlacing to floating over a certain number of threads, and must
be introduced either in warp or filling close enou
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