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2. Tinsel - Wikipedia

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   In the 16th-century the word "tinsel" was used for a variety of lightweight fabrics with a metallic effect made with silk and gold and silver thread, including "tinselled satin". [1] These tinsel fabrics were used in elite clothes (regulated by sumptuary law), masque costume, [2] and for heraldic banners and flags. [3]

3. Fringe (trim) - Wikipedia

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   Fringe trim applied to a reproduction drapery design in the Vermont Senate Chamber of the Vermont State House. Moccasin with fringe. A Fringe is an ornamental textile trim applied to an edge of a textile item, such as drapery, a flag, or epaulettes. Fringe originated as a way of preventing a cut piece of fabric from unraveling when a hemming was

4. Metallised film - Wikipedia

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   Metallised films were first used for decorative purposes as Christmas tinsel, [1] and continue to be used for items such as wrappers, ribbons, and glitter. Metallic helium-filled novelty balloons given as gifts are made of metallised BoPET and often called Mylar balloons commercially.

5. Metallic fiber - Wikipedia

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   Metallic fibers are manufactured fibers composed of metal, metallic alloys, plastic-coated metal, metal-coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal. [ 1 ] Having their origin in textile and clothing applications, gold and silver fibers have been used since ancient times as yarns for fabric decoration.

6. Tinsel print - Wikipedia

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   A tinsel print is a print where tinsel is added after printing, for decorative effect, it is made in two ways. The first is a rare type of old master print parts of which are decorated with small thin shiny fragments of metal or quartz crystal applied to glue. Gold leaf fragments were used on some, and colour was applied before the tinsel.

7. Lamé (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Lamé (/ l ɑː ˈ m eɪ / lah-MAY; French:) is a type of fabric woven or knit [1] with threads made of metallic fiber wrapped around natural or synthetic fibers like silk, nylon, or spandex for added strength and stretch. (Guipé refers to the thread composed of metallic fibers wrapped around a fiber core.)