In addition to what is often called embroidery canvas, which is suitable for decorative needlework, especially counted thread work, there are other types of canvas cloth, such as that used for coverings (tarpaulins), painter’s canvas, rugs, sails, scrim for plasterers, sieves and so forth.
See also: aida; antique canvas; bolting; check canvas; congress canvas; cotton canvas; flattened French canvas; mosaic canvas; plastic canvas. See also the entry on a pair of embroidered half-boots from mind-nineteenth century Britain.
Source: TORTORA, Phyllis G. and Ingrid JOHNSON (2012). The Fairchild Books: Dictionary of Textiles, p. 96 (8th edition)
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 26 June 2016).
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