Lampas is a type of luxury

fabric Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not ...

with a background

weft Warp and weft are the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric. The lengthwise or longitudinal warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a frame or loom while the transverse weft (sometimes woof) is dra ...

(a "ground weave") typically in

taffeta Taffeta (archaically spelled taffety or taffata) is a crisp, smooth, plain woven fabric made from silk, cuprammonium rayons, acetate, and polyester. The word is Persian (تافته) in origin and means "twisted woven". As clothing, it is used i ...

with supplementary wefts (the "pattern wefts") laid on top and forming a design, sometimes also with a " brocading weft". Lampas is typically

woven Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing two or more threads at right angles to on ...

in silk, and often has gold and silver thread enrichment.

History

Lampas weaves were developed around 1000 CE. Beginning late in the 17th century western lampas production began centered in

Lyon, France Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

, where an industry of providing for French and other European courts became centered.

Gallery

File:Lampas with rabbits silk and gold Iran or Irak 14th century.jpg, Lampas textile in silk and gold, Iraq, 14th century,

Musée de Cluny The Musée de Cluny ("Cluny Museum", ), also known as Musée national du Moyen Âge – Thermes et hôtel de Cluny ("National Museum of the Middle Ages – Cluny thermal baths and mansion"), is a museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, ...

File:Italian silk furnishing fabric, late 17th-early 18th century, lampas weave.JPG, Silk furnishing fabric, lampas weave, Italy, late 17th-early 18th century,

Honolulu Museum of Art The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts) is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. The museum is the largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke. The museum has one of the largest single co ...

File:Man's silk waistcoat with sleeves c 1715.jpg, Man’s

bizarre silk Bizarre silks are a style of figured silk fabrics popular in Europe in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Bizarre silks are characterized by large-scale, asymmetrical patterns featuring geometrical shapes and stylized leaves and flowers, inf ...

sleeved waistcoat, France, c. 1715. Silk satin with supplementary weft patterning bound in twill (lampas).

LACMA The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 196 ...

M.2007.211.40 File:Man's coat silk lampas 1745-50.jpg, Man’s coat, France, 1745-1750. Silk plain weave with supplementary weft patterning bound in plain weave (lampas). LACMA M.2007.211.795 File:Chateau Versailles cabinets interieurs de la Reine cabinet du Billard.jpg, Lampas brocaded with silk and chenille, rewoven for the billiard room of the ''petit appartement'' of Marie-Antoinette at

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...

References

* Abbott, James A. ''A Frenchman in Camelot: The Decoration of the Kennedy White House by Stéphane Boudin.'' Boscobel Restoration Inc.: 1995. . *Colenman, Brian and Dan Mayers. ''Scalamandre: Luxurious Home Interiors.'' Gibbs Smith: 2004. . *Jenkins, David. ''The Cambridge History of Western Textiles.'' Cambridge University Press: 2003. . Woven fabrics {{material-stub