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PREFERRED TERM
Double weave  
DEFINITION
  • A two-layered cloth made by weavingthe two layers, one above the other, in the same loom, simultaneously. The warp is composed by two sets of ends, and each is interlaced with its own weft, or with a common weft which works with each set in tum. The main uses are for overcoats, sportswear, bathrobes, blankets, upholstery fabrics, industrial fabrics, among others.
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
  • double cloth
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Double étoffe (tissu)

French

Double pièce
Tela doppia

Italian

Doble tela

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/421
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