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BLISTER CLOTH [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Blister fabrics: a broad term for fabrics with a blistered surface effect which may be produced in several ways.

OBS

Blistered, puckered. The effect produced when six or more threads form a fancy effect in material because of a light, loose, or uneven warp tension arrangement. The effect simulates seersucker and plissé, crepe, serpentine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Cloqué : Tissus de laine, soie présentant à l'endroit une surface irrégulière, avec des dessins en relief ou gaufrés symétriques ou asymétriques. Utilisés pour la fabrication de robes, chemisiers, etc.

DEF

Les cloqués : Tissus du même type que les matelassés, mais sans intercalation de grosse trame et utilisant des fils de satin dont la rétraction provoque des cloques.

Spanish

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