Velveteen

MFA Acc. #: 54.620

Description

A thick, soft fabric with a dense cut pile on one side. Velveteen is made with a weft pile while velvet is made with a warp pile. Velveteen is usually made from cotton.

Synonyms and Related Terms

velventine (Fr.); velours de coton (Fr.)

MFA Acc. #: 2000.966

Additional Information

P.Tortora, R.Merkel (eds.), Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Fairchild Publications, New York, 1996.

Additional Images

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  Bleached Velveteen

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985

• Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937

• Website address 1 Comment: www.fabrics.net

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 846

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveteen (Accessed Nov. 29, 2005)

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000