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  2. Linenfold - Wikipedia

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    This style of linenfold can be created using a plane and a pre-drawn pattern, with a little finishing chisel work required at each end. A stitched embroidered border could be counterfeited by the use of punches. More complicated styles resemble a sheet of fabric that has volute folds back and forth many times.

  3. Silesia (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    The fabric was originally manufactured in Silesia, a province of Prussia. [3] Poor-grade Silesia was used to make cheap clothing in 18th-Century Britain and America, where the name was corrupted into “sleazy”. George Washington described the uniform of the Continental Army as “a suit made of thin, sleazy cloth without lining.” [4] [5]

  4. Linsey-woolsey - Wikipedia

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    Linsey-woolsey was an important fabric in the Colonial America due to the relative scarcity of wool in the colonies. [2] Many sources [ 5 ] say it was used for whole-cloth quilts , and when parts of the quilt wore out the remains would be cut up and pieced into patchwork quilts .

  5. From painting to performance: 'Sunday in the Park with George ...

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    Jun. 23—In his masterpiece "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," the French post-Impressionist Georges Seurat demanded that the world look at art in a shocking new way. He never ...

  6. Fringe (trim) - Wikipedia

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    In modern fabrics, fringe is more commonly made separately and sewn on. Modern "add-on" fringe may consist of wool, silk, linen, or narrow strips of leather. The use of fringe is ancient, and early fringes were generally made of unspun wool (rather than spun or twisted threads). [1] There are many types of fringe.

  7. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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    Burne-Jones made a drawing of the figures first, which was transformed into a color design by Morris or Dearle. A photographic image was made of he design with figures, to which Morris or Dearle added a floral background, and a border equally filled with designs of trees and flowers.

  8. Trim (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Before the Industrial Revolution, all trim was made and applied by hand, thus making heavily trimmed furnishings and garments expensive and high-status. Machine-woven trims and sewing machines put these dense trimmings within the reach of even modest dressmakers and home sewers, and an abundance of trimming is a characteristic of mid- Victorian ...

  9. Oilcloth - Wikipedia

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    The fabric was first stretched on a tenter frame and sized with animal gelatine. The oil was then applied and allowed to cure between coats. As the cure relies on oxidation by the air, thin coats and long cure times between are required. [1] [2] Overlaps between sheets of fresh oilcloth would amalgamate naturally when pressed together.

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