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Record 1 1989-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
  • Embroidery (General)
OBS

Visibility of carpet backing through the face, often between 2 adjoining tuft rows.

OBS

Grin: a portion of the basic fabric of a rug exposed when the pile parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
  • Broderie (Généralités)
DEF

Partie peu serrée, qui laissent passer le jour. Les clairs d'une étoffe, d'un bas : les endroits où les fils à demi-usés [ou écrasés lors du tissage] laissent passer le jour sans qu'il y ait de trou.

OBS

Les tapis neufs comportant des clairs, sont des tapis marqués par un défaut de fabrication.

OBS

[Pour la broderie]. Espace vide, laissé accidentellement au cours du travail, entre les points de la broderie guipée.

Spanish

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