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Tails (hangings)

Scope note

Use for the vertical arrangement of fabric with regular folds that appear to fall one over another, with a tapered lower hem falling in a broken diagonal to one side.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000204890

Equivalent Terms used

tail (hanging)

Created

13yrs ago

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