Difference between revisions of "Calendered cloth"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A cloth with a smooth, glossy surface. Calendered cloth is sized, filled and/or coated then pressed between heavy, heated rollers. Examples of calendered cloth are: [ | + | A cloth with a smooth, glossy surface. Calendered cloth is sized, filled and/or coated then pressed between heavy, heated rollers. Examples of calendered cloth are: [[buckram]], [[chintz]], [[glacé]], [[moire]], and [[panné]] satin. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 9 January 2014
Description
A cloth with a smooth, glossy surface. Calendered cloth is sized, filled and/or coated then pressed between heavy, heated rollers. Examples of calendered cloth are: Buckram, Chintz, Glacé, Moire, and Panné satin.
Synonyms and Related Terms
tela calandrada (Esp.); gekalanderd weefsel (Ned.); calendared cloth (sp);
Additional Images
MFA Acc. #: 25.171
Authority
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998