preferred label

damask weavers

alternative label

camocatorus

magister cammocatorum

scope note

Trade- or craftspeople who created damask cloth by weaving threads together. This is a specialization form of a silk weaver in which reversible silk fabrics are produced. Silk would be harvested, cleaned, carded, dyed, and then spun into thread. Weavers would then use a loom to weave the threads together to form fabrics. This generally refers to a trade active from the Middle Ages through the Industrial Revolution when the process was taken up by machine looms.

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silk weavers