Term for weave for 50s Smoking Jacket ???

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This is a 1950's smoking jacket by Majestic and I'm wondering if anyone would know if there is a term for the type of weave because the back of the weave is almost as beautiful and the front.

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Deborah
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Wow, loungewear worthy of James Bond, Deborah! It looks like an oriental brocade, possibly silk or rayon fiber.
 
Thanks, Maggie!!! I think I'll use "James Bond" - certainly the model, my husband, will be flattered!!

Deborah
 
This is from a thread I saved many moons ago:

JAQUARD - can be used as a term to describe any highly decorative fabric that was made on a jaquard loom or a weaving card. Damasks, tapestries, and brocades are all jacquards. Any other simialr type of fabric with elaborate figures and designs that is not printed but woven is also a jaquard.

DAMASK - the way to tell damask is if you see the front and back of the fabric, and it is the same design on both sides but the other side is a reversed colorway. If it has any threads on the other side, or in any otherway the crisp design doesn't come through, then it is not damask. It is flatter than brocade, and originated in Damascus, hence the name.

BROCADE - is a jacquard silk fabric that has a more embossed, raised appearance than damask with often with gold or silver thread woven design. Brocade is not reversible.

This should help you!

Janine
 
Fantastic, Janine, thank you!! I'm copying and saving.

Deborah
 
You know, I see these three terms used kind of interchangeably. Jacquard is the big category, and damask and brocade are as Janine wrote. (These are much like the definitions listed in The Fairchild's Dictionary of Fabrics.) The problem is, many consider this flatter weave to be brocade. I have the book "All About Silk" and it uses a swatch of fabric very similar to the one used for your jacket, Deborah, to illustrate brocade. Yet, by other definitions it is damask.

Sorry to confuse, but I think I'd call it either jacquard (the big category), or damask, to be perfectly accurate. And if you wrote brocade, no one would flinch! :wacko:
 
Thanks, Maggie!!! I'm playing it safe and will say jacquard as it is quite different than the brocades I have. And, even though the pattern on the back is beautiful, the design is not as "crisp" as the front and there a few errant threads (a dozen or so); so I wouldn't feel safe saying damask.

Deborah
 
It is definitely not a damask.,..I will have to sort around here to see if i have some actual fabric anymore.

Even if you don't want to use it in the title, I would suggest at least using Brocade in the description because jacquard is just not heavily searched. "a jacquard that has a lot of the characteristics of brocade" or something like that. When i worked in the upholstery/furniture biz, a lot of folks used "jacquard" when they didn't really know what to call it because it is kind of generic. (ANY carded fabric is a jacquard)
 
Thanks, Chris - ever so helpful, as always. It's a good thing I'm still struggling with html. or it would have already been listed!!! I've always sold out of my home and trying to get online has been quite an undertaking. I have nothing but great admiration for all of you!!!

Deborah
 
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