PREFERRED TERM
Lyon velvet
DEFINITION
- It refers to a silk velvet with four negative twill basement. Lyon velvet was analogous to the Spanish velvets of the 16th and 17th centuries. Lyon velvet used to be woven at 20, 25 and 30 covers, for a 50 cm width, and the warp density varied from 18 to 30 irons per centimeter.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Castany Saládrigas, Francisco. Diccionario de tejidos. Etimología, origen, arte, historia y fabricación de los más importantes tejidos clásicos y modernos. Gustavo Gil S.A., 1949.
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Terciopelo de Lyon (tissu)
French
Velluto di Lione
Italian
Terciopelo de Lyon
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/614
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