Editing Damask (section)

=== Damask in China ===
In China, draw looms with a large number of [[heddle]]s were developed to weave damasks with complicated patterns.<ref name="World Textiles">{{cite book |last1=Gillow |first1=John |title=World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques |date=1999 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |isbn=0-500-28247-1 |page=82}}</ref> The Chinese may have produced damasks as early as the [[Tang dynasty]] (618–907).<ref>{{cite web |title=A World of Looms: Weaving Technology and Textile Arts in China and Beyond |url=http://www.chinasilkmuseum.com/yz/info_98.aspx?itemid=26752 |access-date=11 September 2020 |publisher=China National Silk Museum}}</ref> Damasks became scarce after the 9th century outside [[Al-Andalus|Islamic Spain]], but were revived in some places in the 13th century. Trade logs between The British East India Company and China often demonstrate an ongoing trade of Chinese silks, especially damask.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Lee-Whitman |first=Leanna |date=1982 |title=The Silk Trade: Chinese Silks and the British East India Company |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1180762 |journal=Winterthur Portfolio |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=21–41 |doi=10.1086/496066 |jstor=1180762 |issn=0084-0416|url-access=subscription }}</ref>  Damask is documented as being the heaviest Chinese silk.<ref name=":3" />[[File:Damask with floral sprigs, Italy, Baroque, 1600-1650, silk two-tone damask - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC04376.JPG|thumb|Damask with floral sprigs, Italy, Baroque, 1600–1650, silk two-tone damask]]
[[File:Woman's Spitalfields silk damask shoes with buckles 1740s.jpg|thumb|Woman's silk damask shoes with buckles, England, 1740s]]