If medieval noblemen enjoyed elaborately embroidered blankets and richly patterned bed curtains, the least I could do was drive to the mall to look at percale.
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Wal-Mart : Springmaid Luxury Blend, 250 thread count, 50 percent cotton / 50 percent polyester percale : about $ 40 for a queen set.
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The women, one onlooker reported, wore, each according to her means, the newest fashions in silk, gauze, muslin, and percale dresses.
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_Percale : A medium-weight, plain weave, low-to-medium count ( usually 180 to 250 threads per square inch ) cottonlike fabric.
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According to Phanias of Eresus, Artaxerxes I of Persia had given to Themistocles the city of Percote with bedding for his house . ( see : " Percale ")
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The Hurricane burned rapidly and to cinders like a match as it had dural covering only on the tail and wings, the rest was percale . " | group = N }}
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People who choose to buy their dress may opt for finer fabrics, such as poplin, grosgrain, Percale, cotton, wool, cassimere, broadcloth, Russell cord or corded / ribbed material.
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The musings of a man who lies warm and dreamy in his bed _ his " percale cocoon " _ the poem captures a combination of thoughts and feelings I have long held for garbage collectors.
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This season, babies'beds can be as offbeat or designer as their parents'. ( For classic minimalist babies, Calvin Klein's store sells his pale parchment-colored percale baby sheets at $ 30 .)
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The Silk Exchange in Valencia from the 15th century where previously in 1348 also " perxal " ( percale ) was traded as some kind of silk illustrates the power and wealth of one of the great Mediterranean mercantile cities.
