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Weaving > Weaving techniques > Crepe > Crepe de Lyon
PREFERRED TERM
Crepe de Lyon  
DEFINITION
  • A type of crepe, imported from Bologna to Lyon in the 17th century. The weaving of this textile was under a royal privilege. It was made uo to the 19th century in Lyon.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Dávila Corona, Rosa, Duran i Pujol, Montserrat, y García Fernández, Máximo. Diccionario histórico de telas y tejidos castellano-catalán. Salamanca: Junta de Castilla y León, 2004.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Crêpe de Lyon (tissu)

French

Crespo di Lione

Italian

Crespón de Lyon

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/159
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