ORIGINAL SONGKET THAILAND WITH SABLAY

DIMENSIONS:

songket fabric - 200 cm x 112 cm

songket sablay - 180 cm x 51 cm

Songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles of the Malay world (today, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Southern Thailand). It is hand-woven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with gold or silver threads. The metallic threads stand out against the background cloth to create a shimmering effect. In the weaving process the metallic threads are inserted in between the silk or cotton weft (latitudinal) threads in a technique called supplementary weft weaving technique.

The Malay word menyongket means 'to embroider with gold or silver threads. Songket is a luxury product traditionally worn during ceremonial occasions as sarong, shoulder cloths or head ties and tanjak, a headdress songket.