PREFERRED TERM
Animal fibre
DEFINITION
- Any fibre obtained from an animal in order to be used for weaving, knitting or felting into fabric. Generally it is taken from hair, fur or cocoons, as it is for silk.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Fibre animale
French
Fibra animale
Italian
Fibra animal
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/210
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