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Examples of grosgrain
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The lapels are usually faced with silk in either a grosgrain or a satin weave.
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Using a grosgrain ribbon facing for waistbands is faster and uses less fabric.
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So I bought plain white pillows and I sewed a brown grosgrain ribbon on them.
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Purchases are gift wrapped in sturdy black boxes with grosgrain ribbon from France.
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Pull out all those birthday-package satin and grosgrain ribbons and use them.
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In grosgrain, the weft is heavier than the warp, creating prominent transverse ribs.
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The bow is made of grosgrain silk or rayon, in a pinched or flat form.
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Victorian beaver-skin top hat, grosgrain ribbon around crown, air vent at top, Young Bros.
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It's made of heavy woven straw and has a turned-down rim and a flirty grosgrain-ribbon bow.
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- A silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs
- Grosgrain or also gros-grain, and rarely gros grain is a type of fabric characterized by its ribbed appearance. In grosgrain the weft is heavier than the warp, creating prominent transverse ribs. It is called a "corded" fabric since the weft resembles a fine cord. ...
- A silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs; A close-woven fabric (usually made from silk or rayon) having narrow horizontal ribs; A ribbon made of this fabric
- A closely woven silk clothing fabric which has fine horizontal ribs.
- A heavy, tightly woven ribbed fabric typically made from silk. Used in formal wear and for neckties.
- A ribbon made of closely woven narrow horizontal ribs. AURA often uses grosgrain as an edge trim on quilt covers and pillowcases.
- A plain weave cloth with a prominent rib effect, heavier than Poplin and rounder than Faille. Usually of silk, cotton, viscose, acetate or nylon.
- Closely woven, corded fabric of silk or rayon sometimes with cotton filling; neckwear, trimming on evening clothes, accessories.
- Pronounced 'gro-grain'- ribbon having heavy cross wise ribs
