damask silk

The dark one in red damask silk was the obvious leader, a man accustomed to power as his due.

The English term comes from a perceived resemblance to the rich tapestry patterns of damask silk.

The next curtain, made in 1979, a damask silk woven by Scalamandre, was in the dull bronze range.

These designs incorporated the use of the gold brocade and damask silk that originated in Ming Dynasty, China.

Plain-woven or tabby silks had circulated in the Roman world, and patterned damask silks in increasingly complex geometric designs appear from the mid-3rd century.

Traditionally during the Octave of Easter, the Pope wears the white paschal mozzetta, which is of white damask silk trimmed with white ermine.

In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI also restored the use of the white damask silk Paschal mozzetta, which was previously worn with white silk slippers.

The traditional "opera red" damask silk, commissioned to Lyons weavers according to Charles Garnier's original drawings, is back on the walls and curtains of the boxes, which are once again divided by swan-neck partitions.

A tabard of a King of Arms is made of velvet and cloth of gold, the tabard of a Herald of satin and that of a Pursuivant of damask silk.

The shop also offers lengths of silk from the 1740's with floral sprays or vases of flowers ($350 to $500) and a panel of damask silk with baskets of flowers overlaid by red and yellow blooms ($350).