#1. From the Taffeta#
_Royale_ is a modification of the regular Gros de Tours, inasmuch as the
rib line, which in the latter runs straight across the cloth, is broken off
after a given number of warp-threads. These groups, which may comprise 8,
12 or more threads, will interlace each one pick higher than the preceding
one.
_Royale of 8 ends_
On 2 sections of 4 shafts each.
[Illustration: Fig. 55]
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_Velours Ottoman or Faille française._
In order to obtain a broader rib than that of Gros de Tours, and at the
same time to lend firmness to the fabric, we add to the ground warp, which
forms the ribs, another or binder warp, which works continually taffeta,
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while the ground warp changes only every 3 or 4 picks for the rib.
_Faille française._
4 ends of ground on the first section of 8 shafts, skip draw.
1 " binder " second " 2 "
[Illustration: Fig. 56]
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_Velours Ottoman without a Binder-warp._
In this weave, of which Fig. 57 illustrates a specimen, comprising 8
warp-threads and 32 picks in a repeat, the rib contains 4 picks. Of the 8
warp-threads, 3 float over and 3 under the rib, while the 2 others bind
taffeta, which latter function is executed by 2 other threads in the next
rib.
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[Illustration: Fig. 57]
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