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Tarlatan

Scope note

Use for sheer, thin, heavily-sized open weave cotton, used for linings and as a wiping cloth in printmaking. Use also for a type of muslin brought from India to the United Kingdom in the 18th century, and produced in Scotland in the 19th century, commonly for ball gowns.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000183932

Broader Terms used

cotton (textile)

Created

12yrs ago

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