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Weaving > Weaving techniques > Velvet > Velours au sable
PREFERRED TERM
Velours au sable  
DEFINITION
  • An expression from the French meaning a silk warp-pile weave in which the pile is cut with a small knife after weaving. Before the pile warp is woven, the pattern is printed on it and only those printed areas are cut. Generally, it follows a tabby binding and the pile warp is usually an 8-or10-end satin with a supplementary point of binding to secure the ends in the pile areas.
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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
Velours au sabre (armure)

French

Velours au sabre

Italian

Terciopelo al sable

Spanish

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http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/455
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