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PREFERRED TERM
Weft-Faced weave  
DEFINITION
  • A term that defines the weave or textile in which the weft predominates on one or on both sides. This term could be used to qualify or specify the basic binding systems as weft-faced tabby, weft-faced twill or weft-faced satin.
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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
Armure trame

French

Armatura per trama

Italian

Ligamento por trama

Spanish

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http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/314
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