Textiles and Dress

Devoré

Devoré (also called burnout) is a fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric. The same technique can also be applied to textiles other than velvet, such as lace or the fabrics in burnout t-shirts. Devoré comes from the French verb dévorer, meaning literally to devour.

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• ▸Darning
• ▸Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt
• ▸History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1800–1899

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