PREFERRED TERM
Silver thread
DEFINITION
- Thread composed of a silver lamella, approximately 1mm wide rolled or wound around a silk core. Used in the weft to enhance some motifs of the designs.
BROADER CONCEPT
NARROWER CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
- silver threads
- thead silver
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Herrero Carretero, Concha. Vocabulario histórico de la tapicería. Madrid: Patrimonio Nacional, 2008
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Filé d'argent
French
Filato d'argento
Italian
Hilo de plata
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/628
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