Thanks, Erica, for supporting my humble proposals, which included sample and swatch (which, of course, the AAT incorporates: *swatches* <http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=swatch&logic=AND¬e=&english=N&prev_page=1&subjectid=300249430> (samples, <object genres by function>, ... Object Genres (hierarchy name)) [300249430] *swatch* For pictures of swatch books see: https://www.nationalmuseum.ch/sammlung_online/?lauftext=&sID=41&offset=30&numOf=30&detailID=458194 from the Swiss National museum. Best Christian Am 08.03.2019 um 15:41 schrieb Erica Travis: > Hi Michael, > > I would have to agree with Christian on this one as "fabric scrap" is > reductive in my opinion; there is still so much information that can > be gleaned from a textile, even in fragmentary form, that may not be > directly related to its function, which may or may not be known to you > at this point in time. Thus I would do as Michelle has suggested and > choose a more appropriate term and then classify it yourself. That > said, I would try to keep any deviations from Nomenclature to the same > standard lexicon--I'm a big fan of Getty's Art and Architecture > Thesaurus, which I find lends itself better to various textile > manufacturing processes and products, among other things. > > Terms from Getty I think would be relevant for you include: > > Textiles (visual works): General term for carpets, fabrics, costume, > or other works made of textile materials, which are natural or > synthetic fibers created by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or > otherwise processing. For works of art or high craft that employ > textile as a medium, prefer "textile art (visual works)." > > Swatches: Small pieces of material such as textile, leather, or paper, > either individual pieces or groups of them bound together, especially > when issued by a single manufacturer. (I prefer this definition to > Nomenclature's as it does not constrain swatches to the realm of > merchandising, but does allow for it to be an option) > > From Nomenclature I would continue to use Fragment, but just be > careful in your distinction between a swatch and a fragment. My sense > is that swatches are intentionally small in size and meant only to > serve as a sample of a larger material, (particularly when used as > merchandising tool/salesman's samples, or collected in bound books for > study as I have seen) whereas fragment suggests to me that the object > in question is understood to have been part of a larger produced work > at one point. > > If the object is lace, even in fragmentary form, I would continue to > use Lace from Nomenclature, as you are in describing the technique as > much as the finished product. > > And in regards to lengths of woven cloth (particularly where one or > both selvages are present) you could use Yardage from Getty; if the > textile is non-woven there is also "Cloth". Nomenclature 4.0 does have > Cloth Bolt, but in my mind this should reserved for objects where the > textile is actually a bolt or roll of cloth. > > Best of luck! > Erica > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 9:00 AM Michelle Zupan <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > You can always ADD to PastPerfect's Lexicon. When it rejects your > object name, choose to add it. 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