Related Keywords: cotton, hand-woven, Indian weaving method, Indonesian brocade family of textile, silk, Songket textile, Tanoti, Tanoti Sdn Bhd, traditional craft
Indian weaving and design methods, songket textiles were brought in to trade or as gifts for the sultan and his entourage as early as the 15th century in Malacca. Hand-woven from silk or cotton and intricately patterned with gold or silver thread, songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
