Calendered cloth

MFA Acc. #: 24.78

Description

MFA Acc. #: 25.171

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);

Resources and Citations

• 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