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Brocade. Silk brocade fabric, Lyon, France, 1760–1770. Detail of hair-sash being brocaded on a Jakaltek Maya backstrap loom. Brocade [brōˈkād] is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads. [1] The name, related to the same root as the word "broccoli", comes ...
Banarasi sari. A Banarasi sari is a sari made in Varanasi, an ancient city which is also called Benares (Banaras). The saris are among the finest saris in India and are known for their gold and silver brocade or zari, fine silk and opulent embroidery. The saris are made of finely woven silk and are decorated with intricate designs, and, because ...
Brocatelle is a double weave fabric with silk and linen in warp and weft. There are two warp and two weft yarns. The design motifs are formed by weaving the heavy warp yarns in a satin pattern that produces a more pronounced relief effect. Originally it was made by using silk in warp and cotton in weft later changed to other natural and ...
Paisley (design) Shawl made in Paisley, Scotland, in imitation of Kashmir shawls, c. 1830. Paisley or paisley pattern is an ornamental textile design using the boteh ( Persian: بته) or buta, a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end. Of Persian origin, paisley designs became popular in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries, following ...
Zari (or jari) is an even thread traditionally made of fine gold or silver used in traditional Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani garments, especially as brocade in saris etc. [1] This thread is woven into fabrics, primarily silk, to make intricate patterns and elaborate designs of embroidery called zardozi.
Byzantine silk is silk woven in the Byzantine Empire (Byzantium) from about the fourth century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. The Byzantine capital of Constantinople was the first significant silk-weaving center in Europe. Silk was one of the most important commodities in the Byzantine economy, used by the state both as a means of ...
Steampunk fashion. Steampunk fashion is a subgenre of the steampunk movement in science fiction. It is a mixture of the Victorian era 's romantic view of science in literature and elements from the Industrial Revolution in Europe during the 1800s. Steampunk fashion consists of clothing, hairstyling, jewellery, body modification and make-up.
Cloth of gold. Cloth of gold or gold cloth ( Latin: Tela aurea) is a fabric woven with a gold -wrapped or spun weft —referred to as "a spirally spun gold strip". In most cases, the core yarn is silk, wrapped ( filé) with a band or strip of high content gold. In rarer instances, fine linen and wool have been used as the core.
The kimono (きもの/ 着物, lit. 'thing to wear') [a] is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan. The kimono is a wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, and is worn left side wrapped over right, unless the wearer is deceased. [2] The kimono is traditionally worn with a broad sash, called an ...
Lamé ( / lɑːˈmeɪ / lah-MAY; French: [lame]) is a type of fabric woven or knit [1] with threads made of metallic fiber wrapped around natural or synthetic fibers like silk, nylon, or spandex for added strength and stretch. ( Guipé refers to the thread composed of metallic fibers wrapped around a fiber core.) Lamé is classically gold ...