See also the TRC Needles entry on woollen threads.
Source: TORTORA, Phyllis G. and Ingrid JOHNSON, The Fairchild Books: Dictionary of Textiles, London: Bloomsbury, p. 688.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 26th June 2016).
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Worsted Cloth
Women's suit made of worsted cloth. Britain, 1947
Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no.T.38&A-1966.
Worsted cloth is smooth, napless cloth woven from yarn that has been spun from combed wool (worsted threads). Some examples of worsted cloth are gabardine and serge. The name is derived from the village of Worstead (Norfolk, England), where this type of thread and cloth was originally produced.
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Woven and interlocking materials