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PERLAGE [4 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

beadwork: an item in the "Art" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

perlage : objet de la classe «Œuvre artistique» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embroidery
  • Various Decorative Arts
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

The art of serving beads in design.

CONT

The Métis decorated their clothing with fancy beadwork and floral patterns. They were so talented, in fact, that they became known as the "Flower Beadwork People."

Key term(s)
  • bead-weaving
  • bead weaving
  • bead work

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie
  • Arts décoratifs divers
  • Arts et culture autochtones
DEF

Art d'orner des objets au moyen de perles enfilées.

CONT

Beaucoup d'Iroquois parlent du perlage comme d'une force positive qui «aide à avancer» quand les temps sont durs. Selon la tradition, les amies et les femmes de la famille se réunissaient chez l'une ou l'autre d'entre elles pour faire du perlage.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

A process developed to remove the outer hull of barley leaving a small, round, white "pearl" of grain - the kind found in barley soups.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Minoterie et céréales

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Slight evolution of carbon dioxide characteristic of young vines, those undergoing malolactic fermentation and special pearl wines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Léger dégagement gazeux généralement propre aux vins jeunes, aux vins sur lies, ou à ceux qui sont le siège de la fermentation malo-lactique (vins perlants).

Spanish

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