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From the 18th century onwards, the term for sparkling but light-weight fabrics; after the name for the most costly form of cloth of gold or silver used in the medieval period, with raised loops of metal thread.

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'Ball Dress', March 1828, published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c - NPG D47609'Ball Dress', March 1828
published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c
NPG D47609
'English Morning Dress', May 1829, published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions - NPG D47631'English Morning Dress', May 1829
published by Rudolph Ackermann, published in R. Ackermann's Repository of Fashions
NPG D47631
Ball dress and promenade costume, February 1842, published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes - NPG D47895Ball dress and promenade costume, February 1842
published by Dobbs & Co, published in The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine and Museum, first published in Le Follet, Courrier des Salons, Journal des Modes
NPG D47895