tussore

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A full room-size installation by Emmanuel Tussore brings in sand from Dakar’s beaches, steel beams from its construction sites and stumps from a development-threatened wetland.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

She wore a brown Tussore silk and a turban—well, she writes the ‘Pars About People’ in ‘The Daily Journal.’

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis

The true silks are distinguished from the wild silks by the action of concentrated hydrochloric acid in the cold, which reagent dissolves the former, but has only a slight effect on Tussore silk.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Lady St. Craye found herself lying at full length on Betty's divan, her feet covered with a Tussore driving-rug, her violet-wreathed hat on a table at some distance.

From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Kemps and Tussore were given their liberty soon after corn planting time.

From Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Carrier, Lyman