Poplin
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Poplin, also called tabinet, is a fine wool, cotton or silk fabric with crosswise ribs that typically give a corded surface. Nowadays, the name refers to a strong material in a plain weave of any fibe
Poplin
Broadcloth
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Broadcloth is a dense, plain woven cloth, historically made of wool. The defining characteristic of broadcloth is not its finished width but the fact that it was woven much wider and then heavily mill
Poplin
…poplin was introduced to the United States, but the American market thought that the name had connotations of heaviness and arbitrarily renamed it "broadcloth", a name that persists for a cotton or polyester-cotton blend fabric used for shirting. In Europe, "broadcloth" typically describes a densely-woven…
Wool broadcloth jacket, c. 1830. LACMA M.65.8a-d
Littoinen broadcloth factory, Finland
The broadcloth market at ’s-Hertogenbosch, near the historic Duchy of Brabant, circa 1530
1878 woman's riding habit/hunting dress in dark green habit cloth. Scotland. LACMA M.2007.211.779.1a-b