Looking back, many cultures have used ikat, making it hard to pinpoint its exact birthplace. We can find it all over Asia as well as in South America’s history, while Europeans adopted the technique from Islamic textiles.
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The pattern’s resurgence in the 1960s gave paisley its connotation with psychedelic style, something you can thank the Beatles for! Paisley has remained in culture as part of bohemian design, with its bright colors deep symbolism.
Read moreIdentify That Pattern: Damask
While most nowadays would consider damask a pattern, it technically is a type of fabric. Damask uses a few types of weaving techniques to produce areas of distinctive sheens in the cloth.
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