Art silk

Description

An unstandardized name used in the 1920s for Mercerized cotton, Cellulose acetate, and rayon. This term has been disallowed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Synonyms and Related Terms

art silk; seda arficial (Esp.); soie artificielle (Fr.); kunstzijde (Ned);

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 654

• S.R.Trotman, E.R. Trotman, Textile Analysis, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1932