Lexicographical Neighbors of Matelasses
Literary usage of Matelasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is more perfect and admite of cither simple or elaborate patterns being wrought
upon the surface, with simple ones beneath, as in piques and matelasses. ..."
2. Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell (1895)
"matelasses are a similar description of fabric, but usually more ornamented, the
face fabric being any fancy texture. When used for ladies' jackets or ..."
3. Report to the Workshipful Clothworkers' Company of London on the Weaving and by Walter Stowe Bright McLaren, John Beaumont, England Clothworkers' Company (London, Yorkshire College, Clothworkers' company of London (1877)
"... figured materials, for the preparation of which reeds, treadles, or healds
are needed; parasols, piques, cashmeres, matelasses, broches, double cloths, ..."
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