Canvas
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A short encyclopedia entry defining canvas as an unbleached cloth of hemp or flax. It describes three kinds: a fine, open, regularly squared canvas used as a ground for needle tapestry with gold, silver, silk or wool threads; a coarse, somewhat open cloth used to cover women's stays and stiffen men's clothes; and a very coarse hemp cloth used for towels, domestic purposes and ship sails.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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