Damask
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A short encyclopedia entry on damask from Rees's Cyclopedia, defining it as a twill-based figured fabric with large patterns. It covers the possible Damascus origin of the name, the early silk damask of France and Italy, its probable introduction to Britain by Dutch and Flemish weavers, and its later decline in silk. It notes that British production had shifted to linen and cotton table linen centered on Dunfermline, and that the weaving uses five or eight leaves of front mounting plus a draw loom harness. It refers readers to the entries Design and Draw-book for the process.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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