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Acca cloth was an ornamental silk cloth decorated with gold threads. It was a fabric of the fourteenth century. Acca was named after the city Acre in Israel. The material was in use for royal applications and church vestments.

See also

• Brocade
• Zari

References

1. Rock, Daniel (1876). Textile Fabrics. Committee of Council on Education. p. 70.
2. Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. New York, Fairchild Publications. 1959. p. 4.
3. Rock, Daniel (1870). South Kensington Museum. Textile Fabrics; a Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church Vestments, Dresses, (etc.) Forming Stat Section of the Museum. Chapman. pp. LXXXIII.
4. Hill, Georgiana (1893). A History of English Dress from the Saxon Period to the Present Day. R. Bentley. p. 101.

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