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Hailing from the famed Silk Road itself, damask itself is not a pattern, but rather a weaving technique that is over two thousand years old. In fact, the earliest known wallpaper was made with the damask technique in 16th-century England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[60,59,33],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-damask","tag-damasks","tag-fabrics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe History of Damask Textiles: 2,000 Years of Elegance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Damask is one of the world\u2019s oldest and most versatile textile techniques. 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