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Art/Literary - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / renaissance embroidered garments | | Italian term or phrase: laminatura del fondo | | Article about 16th-century brocade, lampas, gold filé cloth etc. I understand the text deals with metal wire covering the textile, but what is the term, please? |
| | | English translation:background with metallic threads | Explanation:
or metallic background
Need the original sentence to understand this better. Also in the 16th century I don't think lamination processes (plastc coating) were used as we understand them today. So lamination could mean something else altogether.
see:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1506667
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_fiber
Metallic fiber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historically, the metallic thread was constructed by wrapping a metal strip around a fiber ... The most common is the laminating process, which seals a layer of ... uses for metallic fibers is upholstery fabric and textiles such as lamé and brocade. ...
FabricLink | Textile Dictionary
www.fabriclink.com/dictionaries/textile.cfm - Cached
Bonding - A process for adhesive laminating of two or more fabrics or fabric and a ... Lamé - A woven fabric using flat silver or gold metal threads to create either the design or the background in the fabric.
Brocade definition of Brocade in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Brocade - Cached
Brocade is characterized by a compact warp-effect background with one or more ... The filling threads, often of gold or silver in the original fabrics of this name, ... The first attempts to manufacture brocade in Russia date to the late 16th century, ...
Antique Marks Glossary - Baccarat to Burr antique terms and ...
www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-b.html - Cached
The Barcelona Lounge Chair is a classic of 20th century modernist furniture design by .... Openwork sides attached to a moulded base are made from threads of glass ... This results in the metal background and the pattern over it being seen ... The process was used in the 16th and 17thC Europe for dyeing expensive ... |
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