ARIADNE FABRIC

Fabric Design Glossary T Tapestry, Tartan,
Tesselations, Theme, Toile, Trappings, Trefoil, Turnover definitions

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Tapestry

Heavy woven cloth often with large scale pictorial decoration. Beauvais and Gobelin and Aubusson were the most prestigious tapestry producers in France in C16th-C18th. Beauvais.

Tartan

Or plaid, originally derived from the Scottish woven kilts for various clans where the woven checks produce interesting and subtle effects and the colours cross. Now used of any such check design.

Theme

Or story: an idea for a collection which links the patterns through style or association of ideas.

 

Turnover

Pattern in which the design is flipped over horizontally or vertically, often seen in ogee or damask patterns.

Trappings

 Another term for fall-on where a third colour is formed in printing by printing one colour over another.

Tessalations

R epeating pattern of interlocking small geometric forms which can be repeated in tile format.

Trefoil
A trifoliate or threee lobed leaf form derived from architectural decoration.

Toile de Jouey

Copper plate or Copper roller printed designs. These were characteristically pictorial designs, printed from elaborate and beautifully rendered drawings. They featured scens from classical mythology or pastoral scenes sometimes adapted to refer to current events. Usually rose of blue in colouring, aubergine and sanguine is also found. Combray