Damascene Cloth

Statistics

Square of damascene cloth

This cloth was woven using a long and
complicated process. It is a traditional
cloth woven in a land far to the south.

Stackable: 12

Other Uses

Used in Quest: [[|]]

Resale Price: 5,000~5,125 gil

Used in Recipes

• ⁷⁰ Vermillion Cloak

• ^{87 59 54} Royal Bed

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Materials > Clothcraft

Dropped by

Name	Level	Zone
King Arthro (NM)	55	Jugner Forest
Overlord Bakgodek (NM)	85	Monastic Cavern
Tzee Xicu the Manifest (NM)	85	Castle Oztroja
Za'Dha Adamantking (NM)	85	Qulun Dome
Suzaku (NM)	88-90	Ru'Aun Gardens
Seiryu (NM)	88-90	Ru'Aun Gardens
Tiamat (NM)	95	Attohwa Chasm
Jormungand (NM)	95	Uleguerand Range
Vrtra (NM)	95	King Ranperre's Tomb

BCNM

Name	Zone	Level	Time	Members
Come Into My Parlor	Qu'Bia Arena	75	30 minutes	6
Copycat	Waughroon Shrine	75	30 minutes	6
Double Dragonian	Horlais Peak	75	30 minutes	6
E-vase-ive Action	Qu'Bia Arena	75	30 minutes	6
Early Bird Catches the Wyrm	Balga's Dais	75	30 minutes	18
Eye of the Storm	Chamber of Oracles	75	30 minutes	6
Horns of War	Horlais Peak	75	30 minutes	18
Infernal Swarm	Qu'Bia Arena	75	30 minutes	6
Legion XI Comitatensis	Chamber of Oracles	60	30 minutes	6
Operation Desert Swarm	Waughroon Shrine	75	30 minutes	6
Ouryu Cometh	Riverne - Site A01	75	60 minutes	18
Prehistoric Pigeons	Waughroon Shrine	75	30 minutes	6
Royale Ramble	Balga's Dais	75	30 minutes	6
Seasons Greetings	Balga's Dais	75	30 minutes	6
The Scarlet King	Chamber of Oracles	75	30 minutes	6
Cactuar Suave	Chamber of Oracles	75	30 minutes	6
Today's Horoscope	Horlais Peak	75	30 minutes	6

Historical Background

Damask (Arabic: دمسق) is a figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Made with one warp and one weft in which, generally, warp-satin and weft sateen weaves interchange. Twill or other binding weaves may sometimes be introduced. The term originally referred to ornamental silk fabrics, which were elaborately woven in colours, sometimes with the addition of gold and other metallic threads. Damask weaves are commonly produced today in silk, linen or linen-type fabrics which feature woven patterns featuring flowers, fruit, forms of animal life, and other types of ornament.

Damask was first produced in China, India, Persia, and Syria, then the Byzantine Empire followed. In the West, it was first known as diaspron or diaper, the term used in Constantinople. In the 12th century however, the city of Damascus, famous for its textiles, so far outstripped all other places for beauty of design that it gave the cloth its modern name.

Damask weaves in linen, cotton, synthetic or blended fibers are currently most commonly found in table linens. Damask cloths for table or bedding purposes are most commonly made of flax or tow yarns, but sometimes made partly of cotton or synthetic fibers. The finer damask textiles for these purposes are made of the best linen yarn, and although the latter is of a brownish, ecru color during the weaving processes, the ultimate fabric is pure white. The highlights in these cloths are obtained by long floats of warp and weft, and as these are set at right angles, they reflect the light differently according to the angle of the rays of light; the effect changes also with the position of the observer. Subdued effects are produced by shorter floats of yarn, and sometimes by special weaves. Any subject, however intricate, can be copied by this method of weaving, provided that expense is no object. The finest results are obtained when the so-called double damask weaves are used.