PREFERRED TERM
Velours du Nord
DEFINITION
- It refers to the fabrics woven in the industrial region of Northern France, especially in Amiens, which were the competition of those from Lyon. The pile of these velvets is taller than those of Lyon, but they do not have a surface as thin and bushy as those.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Castany Saládrigas, Francisco. Diccionario de tejidos. Etimología, origen, arte, historia y fabricación de los más importantes tejidos clásicos y modernos. Gustavo Gil S.A., 1949.
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Velours du Nord (tissu)
French
Velluto del nord
Italian
Terciopelo del Norte
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/615
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