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2. Dupioni - Wikipedia

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   Dupioni fabric. Dress in brown dupioni, 1940s/early 1950s Sweden. Dupioni (also referred to as douppioni, doupioni or dupion) is a plain weave silk fabric, produced using fine yarn in the warp and uneven yarn reeled from two or more entangled cocoons in the weft. This creates tightly woven yardage with a highly-lustrous surface and a crisp hand.

3. Samite - Wikipedia

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   Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread. The word was derived from Old French samit , from medieval Latin samitum, examitum deriving from the Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον hexamiton "six threads", usually interpreted as indicating the use of six yarns ...

4. Etles silk - Wikipedia

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   Etles or Etles silk (Uyghur: ئەتلەس, Етлес, romanized: Etles, Chinese: 艾德莱斯绸; pinyin: Ài dé lái sī chóu) is a type of silk ikat fabric traditionally made by the Uyghur and Uzbek peoples. Traditionally used for men's and women's clothing, in the modern day, Etles's unique patterns are no longer limited to application in ...

5. Bizarre silk - Wikipedia

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   Bizarre silks were woven on the drawloom, and the colorful patterns were brocaded or created with floating pattern wefts ().At the height of the fashion, the average repeat of a bizarre silk pattern was 27 inches (69 cm) high and ten inches (26 cm) wide, repeating twice across the width of the fabric. [4]

6. Byzantine silk - Wikipedia

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   After the reign of Justinian I, the manufacture and sale of silk became an imperial monopoly, only processed in imperial factories, and sold to authorized buyers. [ 1 ] Byzantine silks are significant for their brilliant colours, use of gold thread, and intricate designs that approach the pictorial complexity of embroidery in loom -woven fabric ...

7. Adire (textile art) - Wikipedia

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   Because it is usually made by women, patterns and themes of the Adire are passed down from mother to daughter within families. However, certain motifs can depend on the artist's abilities and craftmanship, as well as skills taught from older generations. The patterns of Adire are often representations of plants, animals, tools, and conceptual ...