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POPLIN, or TABINET

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 90 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POPLIN, or TABINET  , a mixed textile fabric consisting of a
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silk warp with a weft of worsted
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yarn . As the weft is in the form of a stout cord the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gives
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depth and softness to the lustre of the silky
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surface . Poplins are used for dress purposes, and for rich upholstery
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work . The manufacture is of French origin; but it was brought to England by the
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Huguenots, and has long been specially associated with Ireland . The French manufacturers distinguish between popelines unies or plain poplins and popelines a dispositions or Ecossaises,
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equivalent to Scotch tartans, in both of which a large trade is done with the
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United States from Lyons .

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