Warp printing
Warp printingis a fabric production method which combinestextile printingandweavingto create a distinctively patterned fabric, usually in silk.[1]The warp threads of the fabric are printed before weaving to create a softly blurred, vague pastel-coloured pattern.[1][2]It was particularly fashionable in the eighteenth century for summer wear.[2]
The silk andtaffetafabrics produced by this technique have a variety of names, includingchiné,[1]Pompadour taffeta(afterMadame de Pompadour) andchiné à la branche.[2]Chinévelvetwas also possible, although the technique was very difficult and expensive and it was only made in a few places in France in the eighteenth century.[3]
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[edit]- ^abc"Printing of Silk Warps for the Manufacture of Chiné Silk"(PDF).Posselt's Textile Journal.December 1907.Retrieved14 February2013.
- ^abcFukai, Akiko (2002).Fashion: the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute: a history from the 18th to the 20th century.Köln [etc.]:Taschen.p. 56.ISBN9783822812068.
- ^"Robe and petticoat".Victoria & Albert Museum.Retrieved14 February2013.
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