PREFERRED TERM
Tabby (basic weave)
DEFINITION
- n. Late 16th century from French tabis, based on Arabic al-‘Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured. The most basic form of binding or weave, composed of one set of warps and one set of wefts in which each end passes over one and under one pick. It is the simplest of weave structures, used commonly all over the world. It can be woven as balanced, warp-faced or weft-faced, with a variety in between. It is sometimes referred as Plain Weave even if it is not recommended.
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RELATED CONCEPTS
- wd:Q5849500 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964;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
Toile (armure)
French
Tela (armatura)
Italian
della moda. Dizionario tecnico-creativo. Storia del costume tessuti e tessitura tecniche sartoriali accessori e stilisti
2018; G. Sergio
Milano
Parole di moda. Il "Corriere delle dame" e il lessico della moda nell'Ottocento
2010
Tela (técnica)
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/862
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