A fabric made of a mixture of wool and silk or similar materials, a variant of camlet.
Variant spelling of 'camlet,' from Turkish 'camlot' or Arabic 'khamlat.' The fabric became popular in European trade during the Renaissance.
Chamlet was a luxury textile during the Renaissance that symbolized the cross-cultural trade between Europe and the Ottoman Empire—understanding what someone wore could literally map international commerce routes!
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