Check and Plaid Fabrics
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new tess offers a wide selection of fabrics featuring a plaid pattern: tartan, gingham, check, madras, windowpane, houndstooth, glen plaid.
Plaids are a classic winter print, made of crisscross patterns of two or more colours.
Glen Plaid, also called Prince of Wales check, is a style of plaid borrowed from men’s suits. The classic combination of gray pinstripes and plaid creates a cross pane pattern of small and large checks.
Houndstooth is a timeless print that is a forever classic. Created by combining yarns of different colors, the cousin of the check print has a distinctive edge that has been classically considered more feminine.
Tartan is a plaid fabric consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands, in multiple colors, that have to match evenly, creating perfectly symmetrical patterns. Its origin is Scottish, and the different patterns were used to distinguish the members of the clans located in the Highlands of Scotland.
Check is a plaid fabric that usually (not always) has a regular pattern. While most tartans have multiple shades, checks are typically only two colours.
Windowpane, as the name implies, is a variety of the plaid pattern, which somehow looks like the pattern of panes on a window. It's very popular in men’s clothing.
Gingham is perhaps one of the most iconic check patterns, usually consisting of a white background and one other color. Vertical and horizontal stripes are always the same color, lying on a white background. The main difference between gingham and check plaid is in the transparency of the squares. Gingham has transparent squares.
Madras is a pattern with uneven checks formed by bands of colours of varying thickness, crossing each other (not evenly spaced) in vibrant colors. It is essentially a shirting pattern.
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Cappotto Pied De Poule TC000651
100% WO 160 cm 570 g / m -
Cappotto Pied De Poule TC000652
100% WO 160 cm 570 g / m -
Cappotto Pied De Poule TC000653
100% WO 160 cm 570 g / m -
Cappotto Pied De Poule TC000654
100% WO 155 cm 550 g / m -
Cappotto Principe Di Galles TC000655
100% WO 155 cm 550 g / m -
Check Fiammato Lana e Seta TC000691
94% WO, 6% SE 155 cm 320 g / m -
Crepe Seta Scozzese ST000207
100% SE 138 cm 100 g / m -
Finestrato Fiammato TC000693
94% WO, 6% SE 155 cm 320 g / m -
Finestrato Lana TC000707
96% WO, 4% PA 155 cm 320 g / m -
Flanella a Quadri TC000706
100% WO 155 cm 340 g / m -
Flanella Check TC000703
100% WO 155 cm 300 g / m -
Flanella Check TC000704
100% WO 155 cm 300 g / m -
Flanella Check TC000705
100% WO 155 cm 300 g / m -
Flanella Damier TC000715
100% WO 155 cm 320 g / m -
Georgette Scozzese ST000254
100% SE 136 cm 60 g / m -
Glen Check TC000700
86% WO, 9% WP, 5% WS 155 cm 440 g / m -
Glen Check TC000701
86% WO, 9% WP, 5% WS 155 cm 440 g / m -
Glen Check TC000713
100% WO 155 cm 320 g / m -
Hopsack Check TC000694
94% WO, 6% SE 155 cm 320 g / m -
Jacquard UN001066
52% PC, 22% CO, 12% PL, 11% VI, 1% WO, 1% PM, 1% PA 129 cm 309 g / m -
Lana Check TC001057
100% WO 150 cm 285 g / m -
Lana Quadretti TC001056
100% WO 150 cm 320 g / m -
Lana Vichy Micro TC001060
100% WO 150 cm 285 g / m -
Lana Vichy TC001058
100% WO 150 cm 285 g / m -
Lana Vichy TC001059
100% WO 150 cm 285 g / m -
Micro Damier Lana TC000717
100% WO 155 cm 360 g / m -
Micro Pied de Poule TC001061
100% WO 150 cm 320 g / m -
Mini Check Fiammato TC000692
94% WO, 6% SE 155 cm 320 g / m -
Pied de Poule Fancy TC001036
100% WO 150 cm 350 g / m -
Pied de Poule Fancy TC001038
100% WO 150 cm 350 g / m -
Pied de Poule Fancy TC001040
100% WO 150 cm 350 g / m -
Pied de Poule UN001003
90% WO, 10% PA 142 cm 456 g / m