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DOUPION [4 records]

Record 1 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • By-Products (Textile Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-produits (Industries du textile)
DEF

Rendu semblable à du doupion.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

A fabric of douppioni yarn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Nomenclature des tissus
CONT

Les toiles doupion ont un caractère d'irrégularité qu'elles doivent aux fils alternativement fins et gros obtenus par la filature des cocons doubles.

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Farm Animals
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

if the silkworms were overcrowded during the time of spinning, 2 or more may have spun a common cocoon, which is impossible to put through the usual reeling processes [ such cocoons, [are] called -- (...) [Also --]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Animaux de ferme
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

doupion. Soie grège très grosse et irrégulière, fournie par le dévidage des --, c'est-à-dire filés par 2 vers pour un seul et même cocon.

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
OBS

-- or doupion: silk thread made from 2 cocoons that have nested together. In spinning the double thread is not separated. The yarn is uneven, irregular and diameter is large.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Nomenclature des tissus
OBS

--soie grège très grosse et irrégulière, fournie par le dévidage des cocons doubles, c'est-à-dire filés par 2 vers pour un seul et même cocon. [aussi appelé soie douppion, douppion Q975 72 31]

Spanish

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