PREFERRED TERM
Double weave
DEFINITION
- A two-layered cloth made by weavingthe two layers, one above the other, in the same loom, simultaneously. The warp is composed by two sets of ends, and each is interlaced with its own weft, or with a common weft which works with each set in tum. The main uses are for overcoats, sportswear, bathrobes, blankets, upholstery fabrics, industrial fabrics, among others.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
- double cloth
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Double étoffe (tissu)
French
Double pièce
Tela doppia
Italian
Doble tela
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/421
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