Panama Canvas.—An all-cotton plain matt weave fabric, similar to Basket Cloth, but woven from dyed yarns.
Papoon.—An all-cotton fabric woven from coloured yarns, the warp being of a different colour to the weft or filling threads. Exported to Siam, where it is extensively used for panungs.
Paramatta.—A thin union fabric woven as a three-shaft weft-faced twill from cotton warp and Botany worsted weft, used extensively for the manufacture of waterproof articles.
Pastel.—Applied to tones of any colour when exceptionally pale.
Pastille.—A round or oval spot.
Peau de Cygne.—A closely woven silk having a lustrous but uneven surface.
Peau de Soie.—A closely woven silk having a somewhat uneven satin-like surface. Literally, "skin of silk." A variety of heavy, soft-finished, plain-coloured dress silk woven with a pattern of fine close ribs extending weftways of the fabric. The best grades are reversible, being similarly finished on both sides; lower grades are finished on one side only. The weave is an eight-shaft satin with one point added on the right or left, imparting to the fabric a somewhat grainy appearance.
Pekiné, or Pekin Stripes.—A colour design in stripes of equal width and with equal space between.