Terciopelo [Velvet]
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A Spanish encyclopedia entry on velvet (terciopelo) describing the cloth as a ground weave with a pile warp, and how it is made on the loom. It covers the two-warp setup with separate heddle sets for ground and pile, the use of pile wires (hierros) to form loops, and the cutting of the pile with a grooved wire and knife. It also treats variants such as frisé, cut and figured velvet, astrakhan, plush, moquette, Utrecht velvet and cotton panne, the tensioning frame (cantre), and how to restore crushed velvet. Figures show a velvet cross-section, loom threading, wire and knife details.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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