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Tying down

Scope note

Use for the process of attaching a worked headband to the text block, by looping the thread used in forming the headband down the back to a point below the kettle stitch, through the fold of the gathering, and then back up to be wound around the core of the headband; it may be done through all or only every few gatherings.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000261691

Term used for

down, tying

Equivalent Terms used

tied-down

Created

13yrs ago

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