What is Aghabani?
Aghabani’s name comes from its color, yellow oranged, the color of Saffron, as well as the stitch type used in embroidery, which is a repeated cross.
(imported from Switzerland,
India, and Egypt.)
(Damascene type of Textile)
* Fabric cutting.
* Over locking.
* Drawing the motifs on paper by draftsmen.
* Printing these motifs on the basic texture.
* There are 9 basic motifs:
- Akhul Hugob
- Crab - Damascene rose
- The camel step
- Magida
- Pomegranate seed (colored)
- Double S
- Climber
- Small Damma Different combinations of these motifs can be made of in rich designs.
* Applying
embroidery according to the printed designs by artificial silk threads.
Different colors of fabric with different colors of silk threads, make
many wonderful combinations. Sometimes, the fabric and the threads might
be dyed with the same color giving very elegant pieces (the gold and silver
threads are not dyeable). Because each seamstress has her own way, it
is hard to achieve a complete similarity.
* After the embroidery is done, pieces are to be washed of printing
marks, and then ironed.
* Finishing.
Tablecloth:
A certain type of traditional tablecloth is made out of Aghabani fabric.
The tablecloth is designed in different shapes and dimensions.
It is always made in one main piece and a number of napkins.
Follows are specifications of possible texture, shapes, and dimensions
of tablecloth made by the Syrian companies listed in the catalogue.
