PREFERRED TERM
Appliqué
DEFINITION
- n. A term from mid 18th century from French, past participle of appliquer ‘apply’, from Latin applicare. It is a surface decoration, generally ornamental needlework, which is lately attached, sewn, embroided or fastened to a ground fabric.
BROADER CONCEPT
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300183798 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
- appliqué work
- appliqué works
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011; Stevenson, Angus, ed. Oxford Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Application
French
Appliqué
Applicazione
Italian
Aplicación
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/39
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