Foulard

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Silk foulard

A foulard is a lightweight fabric, either twill or plain-woven, made of silk or a mix of silk and cotton. Foulards usually have a small printed design of various colors. Foulard can also refer by metonymy to articles of clothing, such as scarves and neckties, made from this fabric.¹

Foulard is believed to have originated in the Far East. The word comes from the French word foulard, with the same proper and metonymic meanings.²

In modern French, foulard is the usual word for a scarf or neckerchief.

Home decor use of foulard fabric: "Wall coverings are check, tattersalls, and foulards."³

References

^ foulard – the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia
^ foulard – Britannica Online Encyclopedia
^ Rybczynski, Witold (1987). Home: A Short History Of An Idea. USA: Penguin Books. p. 7. ISBN 0140102310.

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