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What (who) is Damask - definition
REVERSIBLE FIGURED FABRIC OF SILK, WOOL, LINEN, COTTON, OR SYNTHETIC FIBRES, WITH A PATTERN FORMED BY WEAVING WITH ONE WARP AND ONE WEFT
Damasque; Damasks
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damask
(damasks)
Damask is a type of heavy cloth with a pattern woven into it.
N-MASS
damask
['dam?sk]
¦ noun
1. a figured, lustrous fabric, with a pattern visible on both sides.
a tablecloth made of damask.
2. (also damask steel) historical another term for Damascus steel.
¦ adjective literary of the colour of a damask rose.
¦ verb literary decorate with or as if with a variegated pattern.
Origin
ME: from Damaske, early form of the name of Damascus, the city in Syria where the fabric was first produced.
Damask
·noun A deep pink or rose color.
II. Damask ·adj Having the color of the damask rose.
III. Damask ·noun Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.
IV. Damask ·noun Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.
V. Damask ·adj Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
VI. Damask ·noun Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
VII. Damask ·noun A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask;
- made for furniture covering and hangings.
VIII. Damask ·vt To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, ·etc., or with a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. ·see Damaskeen.
Wikipedia
Damask
Damask (; Arabic: دمشق) is a reversible patterned fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin weave and the ground in weft-faced or sateen weave. Twill damasks include a twill-woven ground or pattern.
Examples of use of Damask
1. Mary and the announcing angel, Gabriel, share a golden ground, their faces illuminated by damask.
2. Furnishings are in exquisite taste, from the silk damask covered armchairs to a Louis XIV escritoire or writing desk.
3. The Welsh–born Bartholomew Roberts (sound less tough now, doesn‘t he?) always wore a damask waistcoat, snappy breeches, and a dashing red feather in his cap.
4. He invited the Star to breakfast – as a personal favour to a diplomat friend – the table in a boardroom adjacent to his office laid out with damask linen and silver cutlery.
5. An exclusive few will return in white tie and tails for a state dinner among 13 damask–clothed tables set with gold–trimmed ivory china and gilded silver candelabras.