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Fulling

Scope note

Finishing process in textile manufacture using controlled shrinkage to produce a thicker, more compact, and firm cloth. In heavily fulled textile, both the structure and the individual component strands are entirely obscured, giving the appearance of felt. For the application of heat, pressure, and moisture to fiber to cause it to mat together, use "felting."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000232074

Term used for

milling (textiles)

Equivalent Terms used

fulled

Created

13yrs ago

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