songketn.
/ˈsɒŋkɛt/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋˌkɛt/, /ˈsɑŋˌkɛt/ A type of cloth made of silk or cotton interwoven with metallic threads which form intricate patterns and motifs; (also) a piece of cloth of this type; a sarong made of this cloth. Cf. kain songket n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > interwoven with metallic thread
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1909 A. Wright Twentieth Cent. Impressions Netherlands India 273/1 The songkets are mostly richly woven with gold thread, and form a bridal costume.
1921 Sluyters' Monthly Apr. 280/2 We think for instance of the Balinese tissues, the ‘songkets’ and ‘endeks.’
1972 Malay Mail 27 May 9/7 (advt.) We are offering a very wide range of genuine Malaysian songket.
1983 Afr. Arts 16 68/1 A songket with supplementary weft of gold thread over magenta silk costs about $70.
2000 B. Leigh Changing Face Malaysian Crafts iv. 46 Certain textiles have been given icon status by the Malaysian government. Batik and songket are two such items.
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1968 Small Industry Bull. for Asia & Far East No. 6. 135/1 The manufacture of songket cloth with its intricate metal thread patterns.
1972 M. Sheppard Taman Indera 120 The body of a songket sarong is silk, of a single plain colour.
1997 R. F. R. T. Uda & A. R. Al-Ahmadi in M. T. Osman Islamic Civilization in Malay World vii. 324 Most songket motifs..have the tendency to become geometrical in design.
2003 in R. Schefold et al. Indonesian Houses I. 211 An area that is being promoted by the local government as a potential centre of songket weaving.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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