This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
Marvelieux (Mar-Vel-O'). A fine, close-twilled, satin-faced silk dress fabric, resembling Rhadame dress silk, and having the same glossy finish, but with the sunken lines or twills hardly so perceptible as in satin Rhadame.
 
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