brocade

textile produced by brocading; in general, any richly figured fabric, often incorporating metal thread
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brocade
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brocade

Summary

brocade ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,544 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • brocade is made of silk[2].
  • brocade is a type of woven fabric[3].
  • brocade is used for furniture[4].
  • brocade is used for curtain[5].
  • brocade is used for costume[6].
  • brocade is used for clothing[7].
  • brocade's Commons category is recorded as Brocade[8].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Warp and Weft[10].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[11].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[12].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • brocade's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • brocade's different from is recorded as glitter[17].
  • brocade's fabrication method is recorded as brocading[18].
  • brocade's P14541 is recorded as 4LyGTE[19].

Body

Definition and Type

brocade is a type of woven fabric[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include furniture[4], curtain[5], costume[6], and clothing[7].

Influence

Things named for brocade include nishiki-e[20], an art movement[21], founded in 1765[22] and Nishikikōji Street[23], a street[24], in Japan[25].

Why It Matters

brocade ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,544 views/month).[1] brocade has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] brocade is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for brocade include nishiki-e[20], an art movement[21], founded in 1765[22] and Nishikikōji Street[23], a street[24], in Japan[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → brocade
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: brocade, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920352|brocade (#289920352)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4LyGTE
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Fabrication method → brocading
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007292570105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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