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damasco
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thumb|right|Italian silk polychrome damasks, 14th century Damask (; ) is a woven, reversible patterned fabric. Damasks are woven by periodically reversing the action of the warp and weft threads. The pattern is most commonly created with a warp-faced satin weave and the ground with a weft-faced or sateen weave.

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Subclass of
woven fabric
Named after
Damascus
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Fragment of damask with marriage emblems MET DP152960.jpg
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Commons category
Damask
fabrication method
weaving
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Em tapeçaria, o damasco é um tecido de grande qualidade, usualmente de seda (mas que também pode ser de lã, linho ou algodão), ornado em alto-relevo, originário da cidade de Damasco, capital da Síria.

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