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PREFERRED TERM
Spun silk  
DEFINITION
  • n. A cheap material, which is obtained from silk waste. The yarn is made up from short lenghts silk and it could be of two grades, which are Schappe or Bourrette Yarn. A special machine is needed to spun it.
BROADER CONCEPT
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ENTRY TERMS
  • coarse silk
  • waste silk
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Blaze

French

Strasse
Bavella

Italian

spelaia
Adúcar (fibra)

Spanish

alducar
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