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FABRIC FLOWER [3 records]

Record 1 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

[A glazed] cotton fabric often printed with gay figures and large flower designs.

OBS

Unglazed chintz is called cretonne.

OBS

chintz: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Toile de coton assez fine, unie ou imprimée, à l'aspect fortement glacé [...] à la tenue un peu raide.

OBS

[Le chintz] est [utilisé] en ameublement notamment pour la confection de coussins et de rideaux. Le chintz non glacé est appelé cretonne.

OBS

chintz : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria algodonera
  • Nomenclatura de los tejidos
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Record 2 1990-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synthetic Fabrics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Decorative Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts décoratifs divers

Spanish

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