PREFERRED TERM
Espolín
DEFINITION
- n. A term used in Spanish to significate a type of silk done using little shuttles creating an effect of over woven flowers, similar to those on gold or silk brocades. These fabrics are obtained by weaving in the Jacquard loom.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; «Real Academia Española» Accedido 21-11-2019; Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Espolín (tissu)
French
Broccato (tessuto)
Italian
spolinato
Espolín (tejido)
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/191
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