Brocade
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Encyclopedia Britannica (11th ed.) entry defining brocade as a decorative shuttle-woven fabric with ornament added in supplementary weft, often in coloured silks and gold or silver thread. It covers the etymology of the word, the Saracen and Siculo-Saracenic origins, Italian, French and English (Spitalfields) production from the 14th to 18th centuries, and early Chinese brocading. Six photographs of fragments illustrate the types discussed, and no weaving drafts are given.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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