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2. Bed hangings - Wikipedia

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   Bed hangings or bed curtains are fabric panels that surround a bed; they were used from medieval times through to the 19th century. Bed hangings provided privacy when the master or great bed was in a public room, such as the parlor, but also showed evidence of wealth when beds were located in areas of the home where .

3. Lampas - Wikipedia

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   Ottoman lampas and velvet textiles often featured large-scale design patterns featuring floral motifs that were designed by the nakkaşhane, the central palace workshop. [ 9 ] Indian textiles also demonstrate use of the lampas technique, with particular historical records of its use in Assam , a city that was known for its silk production and ...

4. Damask - Wikipedia

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   There are a few types of damask: true, single, compound, and twill. True damask is made entirely of silk. [3] Single damask has only one set of warps and wefts and thus is made of up to two colors. Compound damask has more than one set of warps and wefts and can include more than two colors. [3] Twill damasks include a twill-woven ground or ...

5. Harateen - Wikipedia

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   Harateen was a plain weave fabric manufactured with coarser weft than the warp yarns. Then undergoes a procedure of watering and stamping. The two layers of cloth were pressed together with a hot press.

6. Dornix - Wikipedia

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   Dornix originated in the Belgian town of Tournai (Doornik in Flemish) in the 15th century and was made from a combination of wool and linen. [2] It was a coarse cloth, similar to kersey, and used on beds, hangings, curtains and similar purposes. [3]

7. English embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Fanciful leaf in crewelwork, detail of a curtain, England, c. 1696. V&A T.166-1961. Sets of bed hangings embroidered in crewel wools were another characteristic product of the Stuart era. These were worked on a new fabric, a natural twill weave from Bruges with a linen warp and cotton weft. Crewel wools of the 17th century were firmly twisted ...