Seersucker

CRINKLE, or SEERSUCKER

Originally a silk fabric with flat and puckered stripes alternating across the fabric. Now applied to cotton dress fabrics of the better quality crimp styles, woven 32-in. wide in many weights. Two beams are required, one for the crimp stripes and one for the ordinary. One cloth has 72 ends and 72 picks per inch, 2/60's and 30's warps, 32's weft, super Egyptian yarns (see Seersucker) ————————

SEERSUCKER (See Crinkle)

This term is common in the U.S.A., and given to a plain and crimped stripe fabric either bleached or dyed, and used for drapery and furnishings as well as dress purposes. A common quality is made 40-in. wide 64 ends and 64 picks per inch, 26's warp, 20's weft. Woven from two beams in stripes of plain weave and crimp which is also plain weave. The plain ground ends are firmly weighted and the crimping ends are lightly weighted. Fancy designs are obtained by using colour or rayon in the warps. Another class of seersucker is made from a plain cotton cloth that is printed in stripes with a preparation that will resist the action of caustic soda. The cloth is passed through a concentrated solution of caustic soda and the imprinted part shrinks. The effect is that of crimped stripes.