Damask is is a woven, patterned fabric which is reversible.
Culture
Damasks are favored by the wealthy.[1][2]
History
Prince Daeron Targaryen wore a fine damask mantle while drinking at an inn near Ashford during the tourney at Ashford Meadow.[3]
Lady Helicent Uffering had a gown of dark blue damask trimmed with Myrish lace.[4]
Lord Ambrose Butterwell wore a damask tunic while watching the lists during the wedding tourney at Whitewalls.[5]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
As a wedding gift, Magister Illyrio Mopatis gives Daenerys Targaryen a chest containing three dragon eggs resting on piles of fine velvets and damasks from the Free Cities.[6]
Sansa Stark wears a pale green damask gown when she and Arya meet with their father, Lord Eddard Stark.[7]
Lord Varys often wears rich damasks in public,[1] and he wears a patterned damask robe on the day of Eddard's confession at the Great Sept of Baelor.[8]
A Clash of Kings
Salloreon wears a damask tunic with silver fastenings and a cloak lined with foxfur.[2]
Behind the Scenes
In an early draft of A Game of Thrones, Daenerys II, Daenerys Targaryen does not receive dragon eggs as a wedding gift from Illyrio Mopatis. Instead, she receives "the finest silks and velvets and damasks the Free Cities could produce." This is consistent with George R.R. Martin's 1993 outline, which stated that Daenerys would discover a cache of dragon's eggs in the wilderness outside Vaes Dothrak after killing her husband Drogo.[9]
In the real world, the word "damask" comes from the city of Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.[10] The city also lends its name to Damascus steel, the inspiration for Valyrian steel,[11] which has distinct patterns like damask.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 44, Sansa III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
- ↑ Secrets of the Cushing Library: A Game of Thrones - gsteff on Reddit
- ↑ Wiktionary: Damask
- ↑ So Spake Martin: The Process of Making Valyrian Steel (November 6, 2002).