PREFERRED TERM
Figured
DEFINITION
- adj. From the term "figure" plus a suffix. It refers to a fabric adorned or ornamented with patterns or designs, that is, weaves in which one or more warps are controlled by a figure harness. The term figured has a technical meaning, i.e. it refers to the technique.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds); The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Façonné (technique)
French
Tessuto operato
Italian
Tejido labrado
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/903
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