Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term or phrase:
pelle d'uovo di cotone
Inglese translation:
fine muslin
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Italiano term
pelle d'uovo di cotone
Da Italiano a Inglese
Altro
si parla di un tessuto morbido, un mussola fine e lucida
Proposed translations
(Inglese)
| 0 | fine muslin |
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| 0 | muslin of silk /cotton |
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fine muslin
PELLE D'UOVO - Mussolina finissima di cotone o lino, simile alla pelle d'uovo per colore e aspetto. Viene usata per biancheria intima femminile
http://www.moda.italynet.com/www.modaonline.it/libro/p-q.htm
Or perhaps it was used for feminine undergarments. So I found an apt quote from Kate Chopin about petticoats made with "fine muslin". There are a few commercial sites with all kinds of technical names for muslins but have not been able to open them.
“A whiff of dust from the road had blown in and she wiped her cheeks and her eyes with her soft, white handkerchief, a homemade handkerchief, fabricated from one of her old fine muslin petticoats.” (Kate Chopin
http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/library/locket.html
http://www.moda.italynet.com/www.modaonline.it/libro/p-q.htm
Or perhaps it was used for feminine undergarments. So I found an apt quote from Kate Chopin about petticoats made with "fine muslin". There are a few commercial sites with all kinds of technical names for muslins but have not been able to open them.
“A whiff of dust from the road had blown in and she wiped her cheeks and her eyes with her soft, white handkerchief, a homemade handkerchief, fabricated from one of her old fine muslin petticoats.” (Kate Chopin
http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/library/locket.html
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muslin of silk /cotton
see the text belowfor reference :
cotone tipo "pelle d'uovo" gr 150/m2 altezza cm 90 lunghezza m 15 - cotton (Italian name is: rough surface like egg
skin or muslin of silk ) gr 150/m2 height 85 cm, length 15 m
cotone tipo "pelle d'uovo" gr 150/m2 altezza cm 90 lunghezza m 15 - cotton (Italian name is: rough surface like egg
skin or muslin of silk ) gr 150/m2 height 85 cm, length 15 m
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