Cloth of gold

In most cases, the core yarn is silk, wrapped (filé) with a band or strip of high content gold.

Earlier uses can be traced back to Central and South Asia where ancient Irani peoples have mentioned use of a fabric woven with gold.

In eastern Asia, Chinese weavers had also used the technique of weaving gold into silk fabrics to create designs.

Cloth of gold continued to be the fabric of choice for royalty, nobility and the elite across the globe for centuries as a show of wealth and power.

[3][4][5] Later producers of cloth of gold include the Byzantine Empire and Medieval Italian weavers, particularly in Genoa, Venice and Lucca.