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Weaving > Weaving techniques > Velvet > Plain velvet
PREFERRED TERM
Plain velvet  
DEFINITION
  • It refers to a velvet fabric made with two warps, one ground and one pile warp. The pile warp is uniform and does not reveal the ground warp, therefore it has no decoration.
BROADER CONCEPT
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • 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; Boy, Jaime. Diccionario teórico, práctico, histórico y geográfico de comercio Vol. IV de la Junta de Comercio de Barcelona. Barcelona: Imprenta Valentín Torrás, 1840.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Velours uni (tissu)

French

Velours plein
Velours plain
Velluto liscio

Italian

velluto unito
Terciopelo liso

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/611
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