Gauze Weave

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Weave structure in which certain warp elements are crossed over (or under) adjacent warp elements, retained in their out-of-line position by the interlacing of weft elements, retained in their out-of-line positions by the interlacing of weft elements, and immediately or eventually recrossed to their original order. Often such fabrics are thin, open, and transparent.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Technical Glossary for Textiles,” in Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks, edited by Elizabeth Hill Boone (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996): 467-469, from Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1966, 2009): 180.

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apply to objects where classification_name equals textiles
apply to objects where description contains gauze


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General Description
Weave structure in which certain warp elements are crossed over (or under) adjacent warp elements, retained in their out-of-line position by the interlacing of weft elements, retained in their out-of-line positions by the interlacing of weft elements, and immediately or eventually recrossed to their original order. Often such fabrics are thin, open, and transparent.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Technical Glossary for Textiles,” in Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks, edited by Elizabeth Hill Boone (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996): 467-469, from Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1966, 2009): 180.

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Apply To
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description
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gauze
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@Higgins
*Arts of the Americas
~American Indian
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
%UMO pending
*Latin American Art
weaving: AAT: 300053642
transparency (optical property): AAT: 300056220
.glossary
%pictionJP
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
interlacing (textile weaving processes and techniques): DMA
fineness (thinness): AAT: 300191618
gauze: AAT: 300014083
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materials_and_techniques-0091.xml.nores