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Public domain photograph of textile textile, rug, fabric, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Brocade is typically woven on a draw loom. It is a supplementary weft technique; that is, the ornamental brocading is produced by a supplementary, non-structural, weft in addition to the standard weft that holds the warp threads together. The purpose of this is to give the appearance that the weave was actually embroidered on. In Guatemala, brocade is the most popular technique used to decorate fabric woven by Maya weavers on backstrap looms. Ornamental features in brocade are emphasised and wrought as additions to the main fabric, sometimes stiffening it, though more frequently producing on its face the effect of low relief. In some, but not all, brocades, these additions present a distinctive appearance on the back of the material where the supplementary weft or floating threads of the brocaded or broached parts hang in loose groups or are clipped away. When the weft is floating on the back, this is known as a continuous brocade; the supplementary weft runs from selvage to selvage. The yarns are cut away in cutwork and broché. Also, a discontinuous brocade is where the supplementary yarn is only woven in the patterned areas. Artisans worked extremely hard to produce these spectacular works of art. It often took years to make them.

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brocade costume robes silk woven asia costumes woven qing dynasty theatrical robe theatrical robe buddhist priest 17th century chinese textile 3 d object metropolitan museum of art chinese art china
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Date

1600 - 1699
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in collections

Brocade

Class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads.
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Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art
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http://www.metmuseum.org/
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brocade costume robes silk woven asia costumes woven qing dynasty theatrical robe theatrical robe buddhist priest 17th century chinese textile 3 d object metropolitan museum of art chinese art china