Spinning (textiles)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The process of twisting together and drawing out massed short fibers into a continuous strand.

Excerpt from
Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1966, 2009): 9.

NOTES
NOTE: Please use image in DMA collections. (See rules)

ASSOCIATED CONTENT CHUNKS

AUDIO ASSETS

VIDEO ASSETS

IMAGE ASSETS

WEB RESOURCES

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS

TEACHING IDEAS

RULES
apply to objects where description contains spun

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General Description
The process of twisting together and drawing out massed short fibers into a continuous strand.

Excerpt from
Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1966, 2009): 9.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources

Notes
NOTE: Please use image in DMA collections. (See rules)

rules
Apply To
Objects
description
Contains
spun
tags
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#completed
@Higgins
*Arts of the Americas
~American Indian
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
*Latin American Art
weaving: AAT: 300053642
.glossary
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
thread (material): AAT: 300014250
spinning (textile process): AAT: 300053661
plying (yarn making process): AAT: 300232088
z-spun or z-plied (z-twist/yarn by form of twist): AAT: 300227949
s-spun or s-plied (s-twist/yarn by form of twist): AAT: 300227890
source file
materials_and_techniques-0081.xml.nores