Diaper
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A short encyclopedia entry defining diaper as a linen or cotton textile with a figured pattern produced by a special kind of twilling, used for table linen and towels. It discusses the disputed origin of the word (Ypres in Flanders versus Italian diaspro) and also defines diaper-work in the fine arts as a repeated ornamental pattern over a surface. A small illustration shows a patterned block of rosettes in square cells.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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