Difference between revisions of "Grosgrain"
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== Resources and Citations == | == Resources and Citations == | ||
| + | * Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosgrain (Accessed October 21, 2020) | ||
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 722 | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 722 | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 21 October 2020
Description
A tightly woven fabric or ribbon with narrow horizontal ridges. Grosgrain originated in France. The stiff, plain-weave, fabric is usually made from Silk or rayon warp and heavier Cotton weft threads that produce the cross-grain ribs. Grosgrain has been used for ribbons, book covers, and trim on clothing.
Synonyms and Related Terms
gros(grain) = zijden stof met ribsstructuur (Ned);
Images
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grosgrain ribbons; credit:Wikipedia
Resources and Citations
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosgrain (Accessed October 21, 2020)
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 722
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937