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Record 1 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
OBS

Burn-out printing: a method of printing to obtain a raised design on a sheer ground. The design is applied with a special chemical onto a fabric woven of pairs of threads of different fibers. One of the fibers is then destroyed locally by chemical action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
CONT

Dévorage : Procédés d'impression ayant pour objet, dans un tissu mélangé, de détruire localement et sélectivement certaines des fibres du mélange.

Spanish

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