Samite

Samit (also scratched silk, from Greek hexamitos sechsfädig ) is a silk fabric. Samit is the earliest and most common type of silk weaving. Monochrome Seidensamite with how scratched -looking patterns are detectable from the early 7th century. Tissue with large-scale pattern repeats flourished in the late 10th and 11th centuries, and appear fragmented patterned still in the 12th century.

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The fabric consists of two chains ( longitudinal filaments ) and two or more weft systems ( transversal filaments ). Invisible on the top main chain separates the shots and this leads to the surface, whereby the pattern is formed. The binding chains ensure the strength of the fabric and are connected to the weft threads in a twill weave, making diagonal burrs.

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