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panné velvet [2 records]

Record 1 2006-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

A soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Étoffe (de laine, soie, coton) travaillée comme le velours, dont le poil plus long et moins serré est couché, et qui sert dans la confection de vêtements ou dans l'ameublement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Velvet of silk or a manufactured fiber, with a finish in which the pile is flattened and laid in one direction.

DEF

panne velvet: Has a longer or higher pile than velvet, but shorter than plush. It is pressed flat and has a high lustre made possible by a tremendous roller-press treatment given the material in finishing. Now often made as knit fabric.

CONT

Panné velvet is a lustrous, lightweight fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
CONT

[...] cette redingote est confectionnée de velours panné lustrée noire imprimée d'un feuillage disséminée aux variations de teintes lilas, violet et prune.

Spanish

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