Difference between revisions of "Linsey-woolsey"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A coarse fabric woven with a [ | + | A coarse fabric woven with a [[linen]] warp and a [[wool]] weft. Linsey-woolsey was first made in Lindsey, England. It can have either a tabby or a twill weave. The mixed yarn fabric is used for outerwear blankets and household items. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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Description
A coarse fabric woven with a Linen warp and a Wool weft. Linsey-woolsey was first made in Lindsey, England. It can have either a tabby or a twill weave. The mixed yarn fabric is used for outerwear blankets and household items.
Synonyms and Related Terms
linsey woolsey; lindsey woolsey; linsey wolsey; lynsy wolsye
Authority
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Website address 1 Comment: www.fabrics.net
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linsey-woolsey (Accessed Mar. 20, 2006)
- 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
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000