Sillon Silk (Or Furrow)

SILLON SILK (or Furrow)

A silk dress fabric in which furrows are formed across the piece. Fine silk yarns are used and very fine set. The furrow cords are formed by using four or five picks together of thick cotton yarn. A good example is woven from a printed warp, 200 ends and 60 picks per inch, with 12 cords per inch in the weft, 26 denier warp, 52 denier weft, cords 5 threads 24's cotton.