Editing Velvet (section)

== Types ==

;[[Chiffon (fabric)|Chiffon]] (''or transparent'') velvet: very lightweight velvet on a sheer [[silk]] or [[rayon]] chiffon base.<ref name=maitra>{{cite book|last=Maitra|first=K.K.|title=Encyclopaedic dictionary of clothing and textiles|year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788183242059|page=479|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAcAtLtdjh0C&pg=PA479}}</ref>
;Ciselé: velvet where the pile uses cut and uncut loops to create a pattern.<ref name=maitra/>
;Crushed: lustrous velvet with patterned appearance that is produced by either pressing the fabric down in different directions, or alternatively by mechanically twisting the fabric while wet.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
;[[Devoré]] or burnout: a velvet treated with a caustic solution to dissolve areas of the pile, creating a velvet pattern upon a sheer or lightweight base fabric.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
;Embossed: velvet on which a metal roller has been used to heat-stamp the fabric, producing a pattern.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
;Hammered: an extremely lustrous velvet with a crushed and dappled appearance.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
;Lyons: a densely woven, stiff, heavier-weight pile velvet used for hats, coat collars and garments.<ref name=maitra/><ref name=schaeffer/>
;Mirror: a type of exceptionally soft and light crushed velvet.<ref name=schaeffer>{{cite book|last=Schaeffer|first=Claire|title=Sew Any Fabric: A Quick Reference to Fabrics from A to Z|year=2003|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=9781440220333|page=129|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTadZIhgtUoC&pg=PA129}}</ref>
;Nacré: velvet with an effect similar to [[shot silk]] where the pile is woven in one or more colours and the base fabric in another, creating a changeable, iridescent effect.<ref name=maitra/><ref name=schaeffer/>
;Panne: a type of crushed velvet produced by forcing the pile in a single direction by applying heavy pressure.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=http://www.fabrics.net/amyvelvet.asp |title=Fabric Properties and Distinctions - Velvet |publisher=fabrics.net |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217030800/http://fabrics.net/amyvelvet.asp |archive-date=2010-12-17}}</ref> Sometimes, less frequently, called ''paon velvet''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Denny|first=Grace Goldena|title=Fabrics|year=1947|publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company|page=77|quote=Panne or paon velvet. Finish on lightweight velvet. Pile laid flat in one direction.}}</ref> However, since the 1970s, "panne velvet" as used in ordinary fabric stores has referred to a pile knit, perhaps better called a velour, with a short pile that falls in many directions; usually of polyester.
;Pile-on-pile, also called double velvet: a particularly luxurious type of velvet woven with piles of differing heights to create a pattern. It is one of the oldest known velvet weaving techniques.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rosaliegilbert.com/fabricsandsewing.html|title=Rosalie's Medieval Woman|author=Rosalie Gilbert}}</ref><ref name=elena>{{cite book|last=Phipps|first=Elena|title=Looking at textiles: a guide to technical terms|year=2012|publisher=J. Paul Getty Museum|location=Los Angeles, Calif.|isbn=9781606060803|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDTeVwnfGfoC&pg=PA81}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Crowfoot|first=Elisabeth|title=Textiles and clothing, c.1150-c.1450|year=2006|publisher=Boydell|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK|isbn=9781843832393|page=127|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CY-8T59wHHUC&pg=PA127|edition=New|author2=Pritchard, Frances |author3=Unwin, Kay Staniland |author4=photography by Edwin Baker |author5=illustrations by Christina}}</ref>
;Plain: velvet commonly made of cotton with a firm hand.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.sewingtechnology.net/page39.htm |title=Free patterns - Velvet |publisher=sewingtechnology.net |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223182352/http://www.sewingtechnology.net/page39.htm |archive-date=2011-02-23}}</ref>
;Ponson: A very heavy and quite expensive velvet made either entirely with silk or having a pile exclusively of silk, used at one point for women's dresses and cloaks
;Utrecht: a pressed and crimped velvet associated with [[Utrecht]], the Netherlands.<ref name=maitra/>
;Voided: velvet deliberately woven with areas of pile-free ground ''(''usually'' ''satin'') forming a pattern.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landl|first1=Sheila|title=Textile Conservator's Manual|date=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135145200|page=199|edition=2, revised|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1iIa--n8-EC&pg=PA199}}</ref>
;Wedding ring or ring velvet: another term for devoré and/or chiffon velvets which are allegedly fine enough to be drawn through a wedding ring.<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong Hillhouse|first=Marian|title=Dress selection and design|year=1963|publisher=Macmillan|page=[https://archive.org/details/dressselectionde0000hill/page/156 156]|url=https://archive.org/details/dressselectionde0000hill|url-access=registration|quote=Chiffon velvet is also called "wedding ring velvet," because it is supposedly so light _and soft it can be pulled through a wedding ring.}}</ref>