chenille yarn

…Narrow woven fabrics with raw silk in the warp and gold thread in the weft were used for epaulettes, and are also called “moulds.” There are two types of moulds: (1) is a decorative thread similar to chenille yarn, and is made by warping three or four warp threads in a set at intervals, then weaving the fabric in a normal plain weave, and then cutting the middle of each set (the part where the warp threads were not warped) vertically and twisting it. (2) is made by wrapping a tightly twisted thread around a core of loosely twisted yarn. Silk threads were used for epaulettes, while linen threads and silk and cotton blends were used for hats and other decorative threads. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "chenille yarn" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また経に生糸，緯に金糸を織り入れた細幅織物は肩章などに供されたもので，これも〈モール〉と呼んでいる。　モール糸には2種あり，(1)はシェニール糸chenille yarnと同様の飾り糸で，経糸3,4本を一組として互いに間隔をおいて整経し，普通に平織した後に各組の中間(経糸が整経されなかった部分)を縦に裁ち切り，撚りをかけて作られる。(2)は甘い撚り糸を芯に，強撚り糸を巻きつけて作るもので，絹糸製は肩章類に，麻糸製や絹糸と木綿糸の混製糸などは帽子その他の飾り糸として用いられた。…

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