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unusual facts about fabric



1983 in art

Completion of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude environmental artwork, Surrounded Islands, involving eleven islands in Biscayne Bay off Miami being surrounded by 6,500,000 square feet (600,000 m²) of pink fabric.

Army Elements Fleece

The primary fabric has an integrated Nomex fleece inner surface to insulate the soldier against cold temperatures.

Bahuvrihi

"Houndstooth", a woven fabric with a patterns resembling a canine tooth: "She's wearing a houndstooth"

Basmanny District

In 1930s, Basmanny lost landmarks like Red Gates and Assumption Church in Pokrovka, but overall city fabric remains unchanged, with an irregular maze of lanes and two-story historical buildings.

Batiste

The modern form batiste or baptiste comes from a popular merge with the surname Baptiste, pronounced Batisse, as indicated by the use of the expressions thoile batiche (1499) and toile de baptiste (1536) for the same fabric.

Budd BB-1 Pioneer

In 1934 its fabric and lower wing were removed, and it was placed on permanent display outside the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Caddoan Mississippian culture

Artifacts found in "The Great Mortuary" (Craig Mound) at the Spiro site included wood, conch shell, copper, basketry, woven fabric, lace, fur, feathers, and carved stone statues.

Chenille

Chenille fabric, a type of fabric (either a type of cored yarn or the fabric made from it)

Christoph Peters

It was followed by a collection of short stories in 2001, and, in 2007, his first novel to be published in English, The Fabric of Night (Random House).

Coconino High School

Activities offered include the Coconino High School Student Council, SkillsUSA, All Stars, Aztecca, Drama Club, the Coconino High School chapter of the National Honor Society, Native American Club, Rocketry Club and the Fabric Arts Club.

Corinne Orr

She was the voice of Snuggle the Bear in Snuggle's fabric softener commercials and read Aliki Brandenberg's Mummies Made in Egypt for the PBS series Reading Rainbow.

Cyclone!

She carries no weapons preferring to take those from her enemies in the midst of combat, she wears a uniform made from a polymer fabric developed by the CSIRO that is impervious to small arms fire but does not restrict movement.

Daisuke Jigen

A master of many different firearms, such as revolvers, machine guns, sniper rifles, and even a PTRS Anti-Tank Rifle, his preferred weapon is a Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat revolver kept in a fabric holster attached to his belt in the back.

David Beauchamp

In the 1970s Beauchamp collaborated with George Tibbits and Miles Lewis on an analyisis of the historic fabric of Carlton, for which they were awarded the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Victorian Chapter) Robin Boyd Environmental Medal for their report Urban Renewal Carlton an Analysis.

Desizing

Amylases are the enzymes that hydrolyses and reduce the molecular weight of amylose and amylopectin molecules in starch, rendering it water soluble enough to be washed off the fabric.

Gable stone

They are a particularly charming feature of the urban fabric of Amsterdam, and are also found in cities such as Brussels, Lille and Copenhagen.

Heinrich Caro

On the initiative of Nicolaus Druckenmüller, he trained as a calico printer in Germany, worked at Troost's calico printing works in Mülheim and then worked at the chemical firm Roberts, Dale in Manchester.

High Falls Historic District

The stone Jacob DePuy House, from 1797 (expanded in mid-19th century), reflects this era and retains much of its original fabric.

Horst Berger

In 1990 Horst Berger was asked to create a tensile fabric roof for the Denver International Airport.

Industrial district

Industrial districts in Central and Northeastern Italy have a coherent location and a narrow specialisation profile, e.g. Prato in woolen fabric, Sassuolo in ceramic tiles or Brenta in ladies' footwear.

J. Morgan Puett

Her work has been exhibited at the Fabric Workshop and Museum of Philadelphia, Wave Hill (Bronx, New York); Spoleto USA in Charleston; SC, the Tate, the Serpentine Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Jacques Fath

It was operated in its last days by his widow, who presented her first well-regarded collection for the fashion house in 1955 and who worked with three of her husband's former associates: Catherine Brivet (who previously had worked for Paul Poiret, Jean Patou, Pierre Balmain, Coco Chanel, and Cristóbal Balenciaga), Pierrey Metthey, and Suzanne Renoult (a fabric expert who had worked for Lucien Lelong, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gaston Worth).

Kuala Terengganu

Main economic activities include retail and wholesale trade in food items, fabric and apparels, fisheries, agriculture, service industries, and tourism, particularly as a jumping-off point for the nearby Perhentian Islands.

Kuči

The unofficial centre is the Ubli village, which has about 1,500 residents and houses several institutions like a culture hall, the "Đoko Prelević" elementary school, a hospital, police station, and a former fabric factory.

Lake of Stars Music Festival

2500 people travelled to Senga Bay to see Seth Lakeman, Scratch Perverts, BBC Radio 1’s Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Skitz, Man Like Me, Fabric’s Ali B play, alongside many local African acts.

Lavalin

During the decade they designed and built the fabric roof for Montreal's Olympic Stadium and, in a partnership with Bechtel of the United States, built the James Bay Project.

Lloyd Loom

The Lloyd Loom process was invented in 1917 by the American Marshall B. Lloyd, who twisted kraft paper round a metal wire, placed the paper threads on a loom and wove them into what was to become the traditional Lloyd Loom fabric.

Loden cape

It is then brushed with a fuller's teasel and the nap is clipped, a process which is repeated a number of times until the fabric provides good warmth for the weight, and is relatively supple, windproof and extremely durable.

Loris Abate

In 1978, he and Fino Mornasco founded Schontess, a company that produced fabric, ties, and scarves.

Marine canvas

The design of these covers requires the fabricator to either pattern the object being covered, by creating templates out of disposable paper or plastic that are laid directly onto the area or object, or by laying the fabric to be used directly onto the object and fitting it.

Michael Thibodeau

An outspoken critic of same-sex marriage in Maine, Thibodeau voted against the successful 2009 bill, saying "Let’s be honest. This isn’t about civil rights. It’s about a social agenda that tears at the very fabric of our society".

New Lodge, South Yorkshire

These are of the concrete section Tarran type, and the British Iron and Steel Fabric (BISF) homes, known as the 'tin houses'.

New Testament household code

Balch concludes that both Philo and Josephus used similar strategies when facing accusations that Jewish proselytism was ruining the social fabric of Roman society.

Opera window

For example, “...the Elcar in 1924 was good looking...and even a fabric top in the style of a brougham with oval opera windows framed by landau bars....

Oxford University Gliding Club

This wood and fabric glider was soon supplemented by a Grob G103 Twin II glass fibre two-seater, EGN, again via a loan from Pratelli, and the Ka 7 eventually moved on to another club.

Petroleum Revolution

The writer Isabel-Clara Simó in her novel Julia (1983) narrates the history of Julia, a girl obliged to work in a fabric mill in Alcoy after her father's death in prison as a result of participating in the Petroleum Revolution.

Philip Bawcombe

H.F. Oppenheimer hailed Philip Bawcombe’s Kimberley (1976) as capturing “the spirit and portraying the fabric of old Kimberley,” announcing that De Beers had acquired the original collection for permanent display.

Polyurethane laminate

This laminated fabric is useful as a wind and/or water barrier in the construction of fluid-splash protecting garments, shower curtains, outerwear clothing, however it is primarily used for making cloth nappies / diapers and cloth menstrual pads.

Property

Pauline Peters argued that property systems are not isolable from the social fabric, and notions of property may not be stated as such, but instead may be framed in negative terms: for example the taboo system among Polynesian peoples.

Season extension

Row covers: Light fabric placed over plants retains heat and can offer up to several degrees of frost protection.

Shriman Prithviraj

This is essentially a comedy with Tom Sawyeresque leanings laced elegantly into the fabric of Bengal of the late 19th or early 20th century.

Simpsons Illustrated

Four kids dressed up as Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson, and presented a three-eyed fabric fish, which looked like Blinky from the second season episode "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", to the commission.

Skirt

T-skirt, made from a T-shirt, the T-skirt is generally modified to result in a pencil skirt, with invisible zippers, full length two-way separating side zippers, as well as artful fabric overlays and yokes.

Smock

Smocking, an embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered, then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place

Textile-reinforced concrete

The fibres used for making the fabric are of high tenacity like Jute, Glass Fibre, Kevlar, Polypropylene, Polyamides (Nylon) etc.

Via Gellia

The fabric Viyella, a wool and cotton mix, is named after the Via Gellia valley, the location of W. Hollins & Company's textile mill where it was originally produced.

Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre

Critics, such as David Rogers of the Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership, have faulted Bern for neglecting to integrate such a shopping centre into the city’s urban fabric.

Willacy Detention Center

Detainees are housed in "sprung structures" produced by Hale Mills, the exterior walls of which are constructed from a firm, rubbery, Kevlar fabric.

Witton Castle

In 1816 William Chaytor of Croft Hall, Yorkshire purchased the castle estate for £78,000 and restored the fabric and rebuilt the interior in modern style.

Yorkville, Oneida County, New York

Hyosung USA operated a 240,000 square foot reinforced fabric lining plant on 2214 Whitesboro Street.


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