Assuit Fabric
Known as tulle bi telli or al tally throughout egypt.
Assuit fabric. This assuit fabric is hand made and hand dyed in egypt. The name translates roughly as net with metal. Well you re in luck because here they come. Assuit shawl length of fabric all over geometric.
Assuit is an egyptian netting fabric embroidered with real metal and named after its city of origin asyut a region of upper egypt at the heart of the textile industry during the 19th century. See more ideas about asyut 1920s fashion vintage outfits. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about assuit fabric. Tiny metal tabs are married into the fabric making a shimmering design.
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The most common assuit fabric material is cotton. The fabric gleams and shines like liquid metal when it moves. The embroidery is done by threading wide needles with flat strips of metal about 1 8 wide. Assuit is a netting fabric embroidered with metal.
The most popular color. Other spellings include assuite asyut assyut asyute and azute. Short beaded assuit dress and belt. There are 99 assuit fabric for sale on etsy and they cost 125 01 on average.
The metal may be nickel silver copper or brass and it is threaded through the holes in the net folded over cut and flattened making little packets of metal. Due to the nature of the egyptian hand dying some of the more saturated colors may have an occasional drop or swirl mark. The fabric is not documented prior to the 19th century though similar textiles existed in the middle east in earlier times. Assuit shawl fabric length candles.
Jun 17 2020 explore linda dumas s board assuit on pinterest. Extra long egyptian black heavy work assuit shawl fabric egyptfabrics. Jul 18 2018 explore jhessailclareta s board assuit followed by 120 people on pinterest. Tulle bi telli also known as assuit or assiut after asyut where it is made is a textile marrying cotton or linen mesh with small strips of metal.
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