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| − | A thick, soft fabric with a dense cut pile on one side. Velvet had been made since the Middle Ages in Italy. It has a warp pile made from [ | + | A thick, soft fabric with a dense cut pile on one side. Velvet had been made since the Middle Ages in Italy. It has a warp pile made from [[silk|silk]], [[wool|wool]], [[cotton|cotton]], [[linen|linen]], [[nylon%20fiber|nylon]], [[acetate%20fiber|acetate]], or [[rayon%20fiber|rayon]]. |
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Revision as of 12:06, 10 May 2016
Description
A thick, soft fabric with a dense cut pile on one side. Velvet had been made since the Middle Ages in Italy. It has a warp pile made from Silk, Wool, Cotton, Linen, nylon, acetate, or rayon.
Synonyms and Related Terms
velours (Fr.); terciopelo (Esp.)
Additional Information
P.Tortora, R.Merkel (eds.), Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Fairchild Publications, New York, 1996.
Additional Images
Voided velvet
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 846
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990
- Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Phyllis G.Tortora, Robert S. Merkel (eds.), Fairchild Publications, New York City, 7th edition, 1996
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
- Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937