It is supposed that there is a close relation between the physical characteristics of fabrics and sensory characteristics which can be detected by hand metric method. These relations were examined by means of multiple factor analysis. The results obtained are as follows: 1. Multiple factor analysis yielded four major factors, namely, subjective fullness, flexural rigidity, weight and thickness. 2. Subjective fullness could be mainly represented by flexural rigidity and weight, thickness and the subjective softness could be represented by all the physical characteristics except thickness, and the subjective smoothness could be represented by compressibility, compressional hardness, and crease resistance.