A tassel is a
finishing feature in fabric and clothing decoration. It is a universal ornament
that is seen in varying versions in many cultures around the globe.
A basic key
tassel is made by binding or otherwise gathering threads from cord protrudes on
one end, where the tassel is hung. This may have loose, dangling threads at the
other end. Tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often
finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains,
pasties covering the nipples of burlesque performers, or other hangings.
A tassel is
primarily an ornament, and was at first the casual termination of a cord to
prevent unraveling with a knot. As time went on, various peoples developed
variations on this, until by the 16th century in France the first Guild of Passementiers was created
and documented the art of passementerie. The tassel was its primary expression,
but it also included fringes (applied, as opposed to integral), ornamental
cords, galloons, pompons, rosettes, and gimps as other forms. Tassels, pompons
and rosettes are point ornaments; the others are linear ornaments.
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