From this creative matrix emerges luminous cloth with patterns woven from silk, gold, and peacock-feather yarn. The earliest examples of Chinese brocade are from the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-907).

Decorative richness: Brocade is a fabric rich in designs and decorations, making it particularly suitable for solemn occasions. Preciousness: The use of silk, gold, or silver threads gives the ...

Silk brocade dresses, some with fabric flowers planted on the neckline, were done in gold lamé, or shot through with silvery threads in a collection that also took in a palette of chocolate ...

In Chinese language, there are 14 characters to classify the silk. In other words, the family of silk has 14 members, and one of them is brocade - a rich fabric with raised patterns in gold and ...

While every piece of fabric has a yarn that runs across the length (the warp), and one that runs across the width (the weft), the brocade of the Banarasi sari is made using an extra weft technique ...

Damascus, SANA-For more than five centuries, the city of Damascus has been unique in the manufacture of brocade fabric, which has been associated with its name globally and considered one of the ...

Karisma Kapoor was wedding ready to perfection dressed in a vintage champagne gold brocade silk saree adorned with a million sequins and intricate gold thread work design across its length and ...

Finest silk made of the purest nanometer-thin gold woven into ties and handkerchiefs Date: November 2, 2011 Source: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) Summary ...