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2. Damask - Wikipedia

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   Damask weaves are commonly produced in monochromatic (single-colour) weaves in silk, linen or synthetic fibres such as rayon and feature patterns of flowers, fruit and other designs. The long floats of satin-woven warp and weft threads cause soft highlights on the fabric which reflect light differently according to the position of the observer.

3. Mekhela Sador - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes a woven pattern called the paari, is stitched along the sides of a chador, or along the bottom of a mekhela. The patterns include motifs of animals, birds, human forms, flowers, diamond, and celestial phenomenon. These indigenous patterns are woven by tribal and nontribal Weavers. The motifs are known as phul. The bright-hued diamond ...

4. Blonde lace - Wikipedia

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   The pattern, which is generally of flowers, is made with a soft silk thread, thicker than the thread used for the ground. [1] [4] This causes a big contrast between the flowers and the ground. [4] It uses the same stitches as Chantilly lace and Lille lace, [4] and is similarly made in strips 5 in (13 cm) wide and invisibly joined.

5. Bizarre silk - Wikipedia

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   Bizarre silks are a style of figured silk fabrics popular in Europe in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Bizarre silks are characterized by large-scale, asymmetrical patterns featuring geometrical shapes and stylized leaves and flowers, influenced by a wave of Asian textiles and decorative objects reaching the European market in these ...

6. Textile arts - Wikipedia

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   The yarn is then knotted, looped, braided, or woven to make flexible fabric or cloth, and cloth can be used to make clothing and soft furnishings. All of these items – felt, yarn, fabric, and finished objects – are collectively referred to as textiles .

7. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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   Chrysanthemum flowers symbolize longevity and autumn season. [2] [17] They could be used to decorate the garments of women. [21] Lotus flowers. Lotus flowers are symbols of purity and fruitfulness. [9] Double lotus are wishes for blessing marriage and harmony. [5] Peach blossoms. Peach blossoms are symbols of spring season and happiness. [17 ...

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9. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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   In the 1870s, he expanded his activity in woven furnishing textiles. In 1877, he brought a skilled French silk weaver, Jacques Bazin, from Lyon to London, rented a studio at Great Esmond Yard, and established Bazin and his mechanical Jacquard loom there to make woven wooden fabrics. [4]