PREFERRED TERM
Passementerie
DEFINITION
- n. A termn borrowed from the Frenc "passementerie". It refers to the elaborately and decorative and often sumptuous trimming consisting of braids, tassels, gimps, etc., variously made from silk, linen, wool, cotton, and silver and gold thread, etc., popularized by French designs in the 17th cent.
BROADER CONCEPT
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300191091 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
NARROWER CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Passementerie
French
Passamaneria
Italian
Pasamanería
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/537
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