Brocart [Brocade]
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A one-page French dictionary entry on brocade (brocart) from the Nouveau Larousse Illustré. It gives the word's etymology and defines brocade as a silk fabric brocaded with gold or silver, and it also notes the hunting-term sense. The encyclopedic note covers the Oriental origin, the early all-gold and silver weaving, and how the term later broadened to figured silks. It also distinguishes brocade (large patterns) from brocatelle (small patterns). An illustration shows a 16th-century Venetian brocade.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1904
- Language
- French
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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