"Satin is a silken fabric with an overshot woof and a highly finished surface. The woof is coarse, and hidden underneath the warp, which forms the surface. The warp is of organzine, the weft of tram. In a full satin twill there is an interval of 15 threads."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Satin

"Satin is a silken fabric with an overshot woof and a highly finished surface. The woof is coarse, and…