Trendy (part 9)

Happy Monday! We're not done with the trend report yet, but the goal is to finish it up this week. Today I'm writing about the most popular pattern of the trend show: damask. Often seen in wallpaper and fabric... but now branching out with many different uses. According to Wikipedia, damask is:

"a figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving... 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."

Below is a modern sample from Dan Funderburgh.