Embroidered Songket Fabric

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During this period, trade in textiles were active, especially when Malacca had established itself as the richest trading seaport in the region with profusion of wholesale merchandise that can be found around the world.Fine silks, brocades, cotton textiles, European damasks, Indian kain pelekat (a cotton sarong), Chinese satins were found in abundance and constantly shipped to Malacca to fill the demands from both the locals and the foreign traders.

Fashion, at that time, existed in the form of intricate motifs and patterns, handwoven onto the most expensive materials, and worn only by the royal families, high-ranking officials of the King's court and distinguished recipients of awards and titles.

Behind the beautiful creation of Songket is a rich heritage that spans many centuries in the Malay peninsula. Perhaps, the most glorious era of songket is during the supremacy of the Malacca Malay Sultanate Empire in the 15th and 16th century.

Songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles. It is handwoven 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 (latitudinal) threads. The term songket comes from the malay word menyongket, to embroider with gold or silver threads. Songket is a luxury product traditionally worn during ceremonial occasions as sarong, shoulder cloths or head ties, mostly by the royal families, nobles, and elites in the malay society in the old days. Tanjak or Songket headdresses were worn at the courts of the malay sultanates. Traditionally Muslim women and adolescent girls wove songket.

Songket, artistically handwoven embroidered fabric