Atlas

Waistcoat from Egypt with a front made of atlas cloth. Waistcoat from Egypt with a front made of atlas cloth. Courtesy Textile Research Centre, acc. no. TRC 1997.0002.

Atlas is the Arabic term for a form of striped satin cloth. There are various forms of atlas. The material is made in yellows and ochres for the Yemeni market. These are colours that are often regarded as being African in origin, rather than the red, white and blue combinations that are more commonly associated with Syrian atlas used for Palestinian or Egyptian garments.

Atlas cloth is still being produced in various Middle Eastern countries.

TRC online catalogue (retrieved 10th May 2017).

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