PREFERRED TERM
Bengal
DEFINITION
- n. A raw silk originally from West Bengal (India), from where it takes its name. Also it could significate a women's dress fabric, also from West Bengal, made of silk and hair cloth. Also it is a imitation muslin with a printed stripe.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bengala (tissu)
French
Bengala
Italian
Bengala
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/71
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