Brocade
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Two-page encyclopedia entry on brocade as a commercial fabric of gold, silver, or silk enriched with flowers and ornaments. It explains how the meaning of the word broadened over time and how gilt wire is spun onto yellow silk thread. It also describes Vaucanson's rolling machinery for flattening the gilding, made for the Lyons manufacture, and ends with advice on cleaning brocades with spirits of wine.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1828
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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