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herringbone: a standalone construct

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herringbone1 CONSTRUCTHerringbone twillTWILL · REVERSAL

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Textile design

A twill whose diagonal reverses in stripes

In textile design, herringbone is a twill weave whose diagonal wale reverses direction at regular intervals, so the fabric reads as rows of opposed Vs resembling the skeleton of a fish, from which it takes its name. The Fairchild books dictionary of textiles defines herringbone twill as a broken twill built by periodically reversing the weave's diagonal. The construct is the opposed-diagonal pattern expressed in interlaced yarn, characterised by the twill direction and the reversal interval, and it is the same motif that recurs in laid brick and in tidal cross-beds, here produced by weaving.[1]

Unit
The twill direction and the interval at which it reverses
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Specified by the base twill, the number of wales between reversals, and the resulting stripe width

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References

  1. Herringbone twill. (2021). In The Fairchild books dictionary of textiles. Fairchild Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501365072.7647

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