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Weaving > Weaving techniques > Velvet > Pile-on-pile velvet
PREFERRED TERM
Pile-on-pile velvet  
DEFINITION
  • A type of velvet in which the pattern is achieved by weaving the pile, independently if cut or uncut, in two or more heights.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
  • pile on pile
  • pile on pile velvet
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014.; Wilson, Janet. Classic and Modern Fabrics: The Complete Illustrated Sourcebook. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2010.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Velours relevé (armure)

French

Velluto a due - tre altezze

Italian

velluto alto e basso
Terciopelo de dos o más altos

Spanish

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http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/458
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