Woven fabrics

right|thumb|Viyella logo Viyella is a blend of wool and cotton first woven in 1893 in England, and the "first branded fabric in the world". It was made of 55% merino wool and 45% cotton in a twill weave, developed by James and Robert Sissons of William Hollins & Co, spinners and hosiers. The brand name, first registered as a trademark in 1894, and registered in the United States in 1907, soon covered not only the original fabric, to be sold by the yard (piece goods), but also clothing. At first this was made by separate businesses, but it was not long before Hollins started producing their own

thumb|Spanish officer wearing the summer rayadillo uniform during the 1909 Second Melillan campaign

traditional embroidered cut-pile textile of Kasaï province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

thumb|A piece of silk charmeuse fabric showing the shiny, satin front and dull, matte back

woven fabric with a cellular or waffle appearance

Shalloon is a fine serge wool fabric, formerly used for lining garments; and for specialised applications such as wig bands, and for military applications such as separating the propellant charge from the shell and for binding large powder bags for larger artillery pieces, especially naval artillery and coastal artillery. Due to its association with artillery, shalloon was also used as a term synonymous with armoury.

thumb|Horsehair crinoline, 1840s (MET) Haircloth is commonly understood as a stiff, unsupple fabric made from coarse fibre from camelids, bovines, horses, goats, rabbits, hares and reindeers. However, a softer variation is valued in the textile and fashion industries for their rarity, aesthetics and comfort. This is because there are two types of hair used in making haircloth; a rougher outer “guard coat”, and a softer undercoat. The outer coats are used in coarse fabrics, often applied to upholstery, carpets, underskirts and hairshirts, or cilices, while "luxury fabrics" use the softer underc

thumb|A Marcel Breuer chair, with Grete Reichardt's 'eisengarn' fabric, 1927.

thumb|Off-white cotton sheer ground with an embroidered design of a stylized floral spray: The vines are executed in gold foil strips, the small flowers in gilt sequins, and the leaves in beetle elytra. thumb|Sternocera aequisignata แมลงทับ, a beetle used in Thailand for beetlewing decoration thumb|Tamamushi Shrine, [[Horyu-ji, Nara Prefecture, Japan, Asuka Period, decorated with lacquer and oil painting on wood, gilt bronze plaques, and the iridescent wings of jewel beetle (Tamamushi)]] Beetlewing, or beetlewing art, is an ancient craft technique using iridescent beetle wings practiced tradi

dense, fulled, napped and sheared wool cloth, sometimes made on a cotton warp, usually in a twill-weave

thumb | 220x124px | right | Jarapas weavings Jarapa is a thick fabric of various compositions, used to make traditional rugs, blankets, bedspreads, curtains etc. in Almería and Murcia in the Spanish South East.