Fabrics (A Writing Exercise)

On the 11th day of Christmas, I came across this interesting little passage on fabric types in A Comprehensive Spelling Book on the Plan of the Pronouncing Spelling Book  by Joseph Emerson Worcester (Boston, 1864). It may be a spelling lesson, but it's also a primary sources with fabric definitions and examples of some fabrics associated with different garments:

EXERCISES FOR WRITING. 

Would you prefer alpaca or gingham for an apron? A coat made of broadcloth? A calico frock? The name of the cloth is written either cassimere or kerseymere. A chintz apron. Corduroy is a thick cotton stuff, ribbed or corded. A blouse is a kind of loose round frock worn by workmen. Dowlas is a coarse linen fabric. Drugget is a coarse flimsy woollen stuff. A cotton kerchief. A coat made of kersey. Moreen is a kind of worsted stuff. Sarcenet is a fine thin silk. Shagreen is a kind of dried skin prepared in the East. Shalloon is a worsted stuff. Taffeta or taffety is a smooth, glossy silk stuff. Tiffany is gauzy or thin silk. Gauze for a curtain. Merino is a kind of woollen cloth. A silk ribbon. A waistcoat made of velvet. Bombazine is a slight stuff made of silk and worsted. A silk handkerchief. A pair of pantaloons.