damassin
(ˈdæməsɪn)
[Deriv. of F. damas, damask.]
‘A species of woven damask with gold and silver flowers’ (Brande Dict. Arts 1842); see also quot. 1882.
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts, Damassin is a kind of damask, with gold and silver flowers, woven in the warp and woof; or occasionally with silk organzine. 1882 Beck Draper's Dict., Damassin, Damasquitte, an ingenious modification of brocade invented by the Venetians in the 17th century, which by being subjected after being woven to great pressure between rollers, caused the metal wires which formed part of the fabric to appear in one unbroken and brilliant plate of gold or silver. |