PREFERRED TERM
Mexicaine
DEFINITION
- n. A term from Spanish roots and used as a specialized French term. It is a type of figured "pékin" patterned by the floats of one or more flushing warps. When the pattern does not require them, the flushing warp ends float on the reverse.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Mexicaine (tissu)
French
Messicana
Italian
Mejicana
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/430
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