Whe you say ‘material’ do you mean what the fabric is made from or do you mean what type of fabric it is?
I know this is a liittle technical but if you’re interested in understanding about textiles it will help you to understand the difference between a fiber name which denotes what the textile is made from and a variety of fabric which denotes some of its characteristics. The fibers are divided between those that are natural and those that are synthetic. Some fabrics are blends of both.
Fabric names can tell you how it is woven, the texture, traditional color, whether or not it has a nap (such as velvet) etc.
A lot of people get mixed up between the fiber name and the fabric name. You could have a velvet that is silk or a velvet that is polyester or a blend of fibers.
There are literally thousands of fabrics and some of them were more popular in other times. You come across the names such as linsey-wolosey in books sometimes.
The fabric that Dorothy’s dress is made out of in the Wizard of Oz is called gingham which is really popular for children’s clothing. The name comes from the Malay word ‘gingang’. The fabric was originally made there in Indonesia and that’s how it got its name. In the Napoleonic Era very fine muslin, a cotton fabric was made in India and was extremely popular for women’s dresses. Only in India could they make the finest quality batiste. Now it is mostly used for Christening dresses and handkerchiefs, The history of textiles has a lot of great stories in it.
Pandora That’s a weird list of mostly uncommon outmoded fabric names. It was really funny though that I came up with the same list when I was looking for something uncommon. Lol, you got there first.
If you tell me what you need the list for I can be more specific.
Do you want the most popular types of fabrics? Do you need a picture to show you what it looks like?