Damask
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A short encyclopedia entry on damask, a figured woven cloth of flax and silk thought to originate in Damascus. It covers linen damask for table linen, the shift of manufacture from Germany to Scotland and Ireland, the draw-loom and the many pattern changes it required, and the introduction of silk damask weaving to England by Flemish refugees in 1567. It also notes the later use of mixed-fiber damask for furnishing fabrics.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1867
- Language
- English
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- 1
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