The mantua on display at Kensington Palace is made of white silk brocaded in white and colored silk.
At the center of the room is the State Bed, made of an unusually rich material - crimson silk damask brocaded in gold.
Quickly she unhooked the pearl buttons at the front of her heavily brocaded outer dress.
Flowing, brocaded gowns with proper headdresses look very elegant on the ladies while men will look especially dashing in doublets and hose.
Apart from the large class of brocaded cloths made in Jacquard looms there are innumerable simpler kinds, including stripes and checks of various descriptions, such as Swiss, Cord, Satin, Doriah stripes, &c. Mercerized cloths are of many kinds, as the mercerizing process can be applied to almost anything.