Brocade
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A three-page encyclopedia entry on brocade, covering the definition of the word and how its meaning broadened from cloth woven wholly of gold or silver to any figured silk. It describes how gilt wire is spun onto silk thread, the Chinese use of gilt paper, and the Venetian domusquete brocade. It also gives Vaucanson's rolling machine for flattening the gilding at Lyons, and a method of cleaning tarnished brocades with spirit of wine.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1803
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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