Double cloth
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Double cloth or double weave is a kind of woven textile in which two or more sets of warps and one or more sets of weft or filling yarns are interconnected to form a two-layered cloth. The movement of
Dove and Rose jacquard-woven silk and wool double cloth furnishing textile, designed by William Morris in 1879.
"Point-paper" or weaving design for Dove and Rose.
Swedish weaving
Brocade
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Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads. The name comes from Italian broccato meaning 'embossed cloth', o
Double cloth
…culture of Peru have been dated to before AD 700. Modern applications of double cloth include haute couture coats, blankets, furnishing fabrics, and some brocades. Double weave constructions are generally thick, heavy, reversible and warm. Examples are Albert cloth and Biretz…
Cope and chasuble; Brocade of Lyon. 19th Century
Silk brocade fabric, Lyon, France, 1760–1770.
Detail of hair-sash being brocaded on a Jakaltek Maya backstrap loom.
Large Yunjin brocade loom, Nanjing, China, 2010