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PREFERRED TERM
Filé  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "filum" and the French "fil" "file". It refers to a type of thread, composed of a lamella wound around a core of a different material.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
  • gold braid
  • spiral thread
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Filé (fil)

French

Fil guipé
Filo Laminato

Italian

vergolinato
oro filato
argento filato
Hilo entorchado

Spanish

hilo metálico entorchado
entorchado
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/184
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