PREFERRED TERM
Shot cloth
DEFINITION
- n. From the Middle English "sc(e)ot" "gesc(e)ot". Taffeta that has the silk warp of one colour and the weft of another, so that their colours vary according to the reflections of light.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
- changeable effect
- changeable silk
- changeable taffeta
- shot silk
- shot taffeta
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015; Wilson, Janet. Classic and Modern Fabrics: The Complete Illustrated Sourcebook. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2010
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Changeant (tissu)
French
Caméléon
Cangiante
Italian
Cambiante
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/119
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