Brocade
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An encyclopedia entry on brocade from Rees's Cyclopedia (1819). It defines brocade as cloth of gold, silver or silk enriched with flowers and figures, and describes how gilt wire is spun onto silk thread, including Milanese, Nuremberg and Chinese gilt-paper variants. It also covers the Venetian damasquete and Vaucanson's heated-roll machine at Lyons for extending the gilding, then gives advice on cleaning rich brocades with spirit of wine. A short note on the brocade-shell in conchology closes the entry.
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- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
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- 2
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