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Damasks were one of the five basic weaving techniques of the Islamic weaving centres of the early Middle Ages, and derive their name from their supposed origin in the city of Damascus, Syria. Damasks were scarce after the ninth century outside of Islamic Spain, but were revived in some places in the thirteenth century. By the fourteenth century, damasks were being woven on draw looms in Italy. From the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, most damasks were woven in a single colour, with a glossy warp-faced satin pattern against a duller ground. Two-colour damasks had contrasting colour warps and wefts, and polychrome damasks added gold and other metallic threads or additional colors as supplemental brocading wefts. Medieval damasks were usually woven in silk, but wool and linen damasks were also woven.
Flower Power Cinnamon Stick
Kurdish
Tiki from Polynesia
Damask VI Sunset from our Custom Tibetano Collection
Tufenkian’s Samkara Eggshell from the Core Collection.