Damask wallpapers in Kenya

Second to Brick Designs, Damask Wallpapers in Kenya have exploded in popularity. This leads to their creation in countless styles, and colors. As a result our Damask Wallpapers Catalog has something for every taste. And every room of your home.

You want to ask, What is Damask Wallpaper Design? According to Britannica.com “Damask, patterned textile, derives its name from the fine patterned fabrics produced in Damascus in the European Middle Ages. True damask was originally wholly of silk. But gradually the name came to be applied to a certain type of patterned fabric regardless of fiber. Single damask has one set each of warps and wefts, or fillings. And may be woven in one or two colors; compound or double damask has a greater number of fillings. Damask is woven on a Jacquard loom. The satin field being produced by floats of warp that pass over from two to seven and in some instances nine fillings. The design is a plain or taffeta weave, the warp and filling being at right angles that create less lustre than the satin areas.”

Brocade vs Damask Wallpapers

Let us look at the differences between Damask and Brocade wallpaper designs. The terms are often used interchangeably. In fact, the word Damask is commonly used to describe an elaborate floral pattern woven into a damask fabric. But it is actually referring to the fabric not the pattern. It follows that damask wallpaper is a wallpaper that carries that design. Likewise a Brocade Wallpaper is a wallpaper that carries the brocade design.

Brocades, in contrast to damask, are woven using a variety of different colored yarns creating multicolored patterns.

That’s just it. In reality Damasks and brocades are not patterns but are two different types of fabric. Although they are both woven using a jacquard loom. However, use their patterns to describe the wallpapers in their respective designs.

Modern Damask Wallpapers

From the hotels restaurant tablecloths to window curtains and wallpaper, one pattern dominates: damask.

In all major wallpaper brands’, there is a swell of damask designs. The design might be thought of as a traditional option. But the most interesting collections have a modern twist. Modern damask wallpapers have fashion-led colors or a rebellious re-imagining of the pattern itself.

Perhaps what is making damasks more popular today is the evolution of large format wallpaper printing presses. Which means these large designs can now be copied and printed relatively easily on wallpaper. And hung on the walls of –perhaps less wealthy – homeowner. In other words, it is now more affordable than ever before.

Wallpaper designers or manufacturers are recreating old wallpapers using modern technology and color and making it more interesting.