Cambric or chambray is a lightweight plain weave Plain weave is the most basic of three fundamental types of textile weaves. It is strong and hard-wearing, used for fashion and furnishing fabrics cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant. The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Pakistan, India and Africa. The fiber most often is spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile, which is the most widely cloth A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands. Textiles are formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, or pressing fibres together used as fabric for lace Lace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace-making is an ancient craft. True lace was not made until the late 15th and early 16th and needlework Needlework is a broad term for the handicrafts of decorative sewing and textile arts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. The definition may expand to include related textile crafts such as a crochet hook or tatting shuttles. Cambric, also known as batiste Batiste is the softest of the lightweight opaque fabrics. It is made of cotton, wool, polyester, or a blend. Lightweight opaque fabrics are very thin and light but not as transparent as sheer fabrics. The distinction between the two is not always pronounced. End uses include apparel and furnishings. Organdy , lawn, and batiste begin as the same in a large part of the world, was first used in Cambrai Cambrai is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department, France France (pronounced /ˈfrænts/ frantss or /ˈfrɑːnts/ frahnts; French pronunciation (help·info): [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a state in Western Europe with several of its overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian,, as early as 1595. It is possibly named after Baptiste of Cambrai.[1] It is a closely woven, firm fabric with a slight glossy surface produced by calendering Calendering is a finishing process used on cloth where fabric is folded in half and passed under rollers at high temperatures and pressures. Calendering is used on fabrics such as moire to produce its watered effect and also on cambric and some types of sateens. Modern cambric is made from Egyptian Egypt (pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpt/ ; Arabic: مصر Miṣr, pronounced [misˤɾ] ( listen); Arabic: مِصْر Miṣr [ˈmisˤɾ]; Egyptian Arabic: مَصْر Maṣr [ˈmɑsˤɾ]; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, kīmi; Egyptian: 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 Kemet), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula or American ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language cotton and sometimes flax Flax (binomial name: Linum usitatissimum) is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. This is called as Agasi/Akshi in Kannada, जवस (Jawas/Javas) or अळशी (Alashi) in Marathi and तीस, but also polymer A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units typically connected by covalent chemical bonds. While polymer in popular usage suggests plastic, the term actually refers to a large class of natural and synthetic materials with a wide variety of properties fibres can be added. Cambric is also used as a coating for professional playing cards, to protect them for longer and make them easier to handle.
Cambric is mentioned in the song Scarborough Fair, with the lyrics "tell her to make me a cambric shirt... without no seams nor needlework". The early David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited as an influence by many musicians and is known for his distinctive voice and the song Come and Buy my Toys (1967) also mentions a cambric shirt: "You shall own a cambric shirt, You shall work your father's land, But now you shall play in the market square, Till you'll be a man".
In the United States, a sturdy form of cotton chambray is used for a common workman's shirt, whence the term "blue collar A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who typically performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage. Blue-collar workers are distinguished from those in the service sector and from white-collar workers, whose jobs are not considered manual labor". The fabric is woven with a white weft In weaving, weft or woof is the yarn which is drawn through the warp yarns to create a fabric. In North America, it is sometimes referred to as the "fill" or the "filling yarn" and colored warp, usually light indigo blue, and the shirt is assembled with white top-stitching. This shirt, along with dark indigo Indigo is the color on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet. Although traditionally considered one of seven divisions of the optical spectrum, modern color scientists do not usually recognize indigo as a separate division and generally classify wavelengths shorter than about 450 blue denim Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This produces the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. Denim has been in American usage since the late eighteenth century. The word comes from the name of a sturdy fabric jeans Jeans are trousers made from denim. The American blue jean was invented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss by 1873. Jeans, originally designed for work, became popular among teenagers starting in the 1950s. Historic brands include Levi's, Lee and Wrangler. Jeans come in various types, for example, skinny jeans, boot cut, or flare frequently was, and sometimes still is, the uniform of prisoners and thus referred to as "prison blues".
The chambray shirt was iconic of 1980s and 1990s casual wear fashions.[citation needed] Variations of the chambray workshirt, in blue and other colors, are sold by inexpensive makers as well as high fashion houses such as Ralph Lauren, who sold them for up to $270 US in 2010.
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The Spoof (satire)
''Oh darling', I swooned,' she read from the first page of her prizewinning book, 'my cambric kerchief fluttering to the floor like a falling fluttery thing ...
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Q. It has the 92 on the Ace of Spades as usual. On the card box it says: Back no 67 Extra Selected for Club Special On the bottom it says "Cambric Finish" It's a very old deck that my great grandma used to have. So I was wondering what year is this deck from? "The N.Y. Consolidated Card Co" is also right in on the front of the box just right below where it says "Playing Cards" which is right below the Bee
Asked by The Close Friend - Sat May 1 13:42:46 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Well, I think they could be more than 100 years old, maybe evern 135 years old. I think the NY Consolidated Card Company and the A. Dougherty Company merged in 1877, to be known afterward as Consolidated Dougherty. So that could mean they were printed before 1877.
Answered by pelican - Tue May 4 19:51:22 2010
