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Fringe (trim)

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threads would be removed, and the remaining warp threads would be twisted or braided together to prevent unraveling. In modern fabrics, fringe is more commonly made separately and sewn on. Modern "add-on" fringe may consist of
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There are many types of fringe. Particularly in Western Europe, as wealth and luxury items proliferated during
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Long or short lengths of straight or twisted thread, cord, or tassel, used as trimming
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Upholstery in America & Europe: From the Seventeenth Century to World War I
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Fringe trim applied to a reproduction drapery design in the
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Fringe originated as a way of preventing a cut piece of
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