Brocade
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A brief encyclopedia entry defining brocade as a silk fabric with figures formed by raised warp or filling threads. It notes the long history of brocade manufacture in Oriental countries and in Europe since the thirteenth century, and mentions the early use of gold and silver threads.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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