Float

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Any portion of a warp or weft element that extends unbound over two more units of the opposite set of either face of a fabric.

Excerpt from
Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 2009): 92.

NOTES


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FUN FACTS

TEACHING IDEAS

RULES
apply to objects where classification_name equals textiles
apply to objects where description contains float
rules_operator
AND
General Description
Any portion of a warp or weft element that extends unbound over two more units of the opposite set of either face of a fabric.

Excerpt from
Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 2009): 92.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources

Notes



rules
Apply To
Objects
description
Contains
float
tags
#draft
#completed
@Higgins
*Arts of the Americas
~American Indian
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
*Latin American Art
weaving: AAT: 300053642
.glossary
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
float (textile weaving techniques by patterning): DMA
source file
materials_and_techniques-0092.xml.nores