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SUPPORTING FABRIC [2 records]

Record 1 2002-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hats and Millinery
CONT

The hat shapes are unlimited. The art of making a feminine hat compares with the art of sculpture : the milliner makes a model of the hat with a rigid linen-cloth of natural fibres ... All over the surface, the model is joined with sparterie strips or other supporting cloths like "singalette" (cloth thread canvas), and several layers are applied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chapellerie
CONT

Les formes des chapeaux sont en nombre illimité. Un des modes d'élaboration du chapeau féminin révèle ses affinités avec la sculpture : la modiste réalise une maquette du chapeau avec une toile rigide faite de fibres naturelles [...] Sur toute la surface, la maquette [du chapeau] est consolidée avec des bandelettes de sparterie ou d'autres tissus de soutien comme la «singalette» [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

The particle sizes for the pre-coat material are in fact smaller than the sleeve mesh sizes ... but these particles are nevertheless retained by the sleeve, since they combine together to form arches over the grid of the supporting fabric, ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

[...] les dimensions des particules constituant le matériau de précouche sont inférieures à celles du vide de maille du manchon [...] mais ces particules sont cependant retenues par celui-ci en se liant entre elles pour former des voûtes au-dessus du quadrillage de la toile support, [...]

Spanish

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