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Record 1 2010-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Tapestry Arts
DEF

Basse-lissé: French term to signify that the warp yarns in tapestry weaving are in horizontal position (flat-leased, low-leased), in contradistinction to hautte-lissé (upright-leased, vertical leased).

CONT

Basse lisse tapestry : when the warp is stretched vertically or horizontally, the tapestry is called haute lisse or basse lisse respectively.

Key term(s)
  • basse lissé
  • basse-lisse tapestry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Tapisserie
CONT

Selon qu'elles sont tissées sur un métier vertical ou sur un métier horizontal, les tapisseries sont dites tapisserie de haute-lisse ou de basse lisse.

CONT

Le tourisme en Creuse [France]. Aubusson : Capitale mondiale de la tapisserie de basse lisse, tapis ras et savonnerie. Musée départemental de la tapisserie. Maison du Tapissier.

Spanish

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