In message <aa1cdf110624db9cf5077d1a67646...@rockbridge.net>, Tamara P
Duvall <t...@rockbridge.net> writes
Pique? We called it "pika", in Polish and it was quite popular when I
was a little girl. But, of course, what was popular in Poland didn't,
necessarily, "translate" into Brit scene...
According to Tootal, Pique has weft backing threads - the fabric sample
which illustrates this is of Bedford Cord, in which "warp threads are
tightly crammed, and formed into the characteristic chords by coarser
additional backing threads in the warp." ("Some Notes on Textile
Manufacture" prepared by Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company Ltd, January
1955)
Seersucker did leap to mind, but it always appeared square rather than
round or oval in the "bumps". I wondered about a dobby weave (though
that I had for my wedding wasn't "blistered") or one of the spotted
fabrics - poplin or voile. Jean's description makes it sound as if it
was woven as a partial double cloth, at least, to give the blister
effect.
--
Jane Partridge
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