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Damask
A glossy, Jacquard-patterned firm fabric made from linen, silk, cotton, rayon, or a combination of these. Commonly used for upholstery, draperies, tablecloths, and napkins.

Denim Stretch
Cotton blended with spandex to give the fabric added comfort and stretch.

Direct Dyes
A dyestuff classification that produces full shades on cotton and linen and can also be applied to rayon, silk, or wool. Direct dyes give bright shades but exhibit poor washfastness.

Donegal
A tweed fabric with colorful slubs that is commonly used for coats and suits.

Dotted Swiss
Sheer cotton or cotton blend fabric with a small dot motif, commonly used for curtains, baby clothes, and dresses.

Doubleknit
A woven fabric construction made by interlacing 2 or more sets of warp yarns with 2 or more sets of filling yarns. Made from cotton, wool, silk, rayon, and synthetics. Fabric originated in Milan and Florence.

Doupion, Douppioni
Rough or irregular silk yarns made from the cocoon of two silk worms that have nested together; yarn made of silk reeled from double or triple cocoons. Dupion yarns are also used in shantung and pongee. Douppioni-like yarns are now being spun from polyester, rayon, and some other synthetics. One such fabric is called ‘Cupioni.’

Drape
The way a fabric falls when it hangs. The ability and suppleness of a fabric to form a graceful design.

Durable Press
Permanent press. A fabric that has been chemically processed to hold its shape and resist wrinkles.