Dimity

Dimity, a stout, figured cotton-fabric, used chiefly for bed-hangings and window-curtains. The figure or stripe is distinctly raised. Originally dimity was commonly white or of a single colour; but variegated dimities are now largely made; one band or stripe of the cloth having a woven pattern in white alternating with a plain band—i.e. the fabric is all white as it comes from the loom. A pattern is afterwards printed in colours on the plain band.