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TAPIS AIGUILLETE [1 record]

Record 1 1979-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
OBS

"Needle punched carpet" is the English equivalent of "tapis aiguilleté". When speaking of needle punched carpets in a general sense, the term "needle punched carpeting" is also used.

OBS

This information came from Philip Nance, Executive Director of the Canadian Carpet Institute in Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
DEF

tapis non tissé réalisé par la technique d'aiguilletage.

DEF

aiguilletage: Opération qui consiste à fixer, à l'aide d'aiguilles portant des crochets de forme appropriée, des touffes de matière textile dans un soubassement constitué par un tissu grossier ou une nappe de fibres.

OBS

La définition de "tapis aiguilleté" se trouve sous la rubrique "tapis" dans le deuxième Supplément du Grand Larousse encyclopédique.

Spanish

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