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2. Brocade - Wikipedia

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   Silk brocade fabric, Lyon, France, 1760–1770. Detail of hair-sash being brocaded on a Jakaltek Maya backstrap loom. Brocade (/ broʊˈkeɪd /) is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads. [1] The name, related to the same root as the word "broccoli", comes from ...

3. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   History of sewing patterns. A sewing pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use.

4. Kimkhwab - Wikipedia

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   Kimkhwab (Kim-Khwab, kamkhāb, ḳamkhwāb, Kimkhwab, Hiranya, puspapata) is an ancient Indian brocade art of weaving ornate cloth with gold, silver, and silk yarns. Kinkhwab is a silk damasked cloth with an art of zar-baft (making cloth of gold), [1] The weave produces beautiful floral designs that appear embroidered on the surface of the fabric. it was also known as puspapata or cloth with ...

5. Korean fabric arts - Wikipedia

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   Korean fabric arts are fabric arts in the style or tradition used by the people on the Korean Peninsula. Fabrics often used include guksa, nobang, sha, jangmidan, Korean-made jacquard, brocade, and satin. Specific crafts consist of the Korean quilts known as bojagi, Korean embroidery, Korean knots, Korean clothing, and the rarer arts of Korean ...

6. Mola (art form) - Wikipedia

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   Mola (art form) The Mola or Molas is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panamá and Colombia . Their clothing includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the ...

7. Goldwork (embroidery) - Wikipedia

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   Typically gold thread or gold imitation thread on a textile foundation. Place of origin. Many cultures. Goldwork is the art of embroidery using metal threads. It is particularly prized for the way light plays on it. The term "goldwork" is used even when the threads are imitation gold, silver, or copper. The metal wires used to make the threads ...