繻しゅ珍ちん

noun

satin with raised figures; figured satin

Historical textile term for a type of satin with raised patterns, originally imported via Portuguese or Dutch trade. Now primarily encountered in historical or artistic contexts.

from Portuguese setim · from Dutch satijn

• この打うち掛かけは繻しゅ珍ちんの地じに金きん糸しで刺し繍しゅうが施ほどこされている。

  This uchikake is embroidered with gold thread on a figured satin ground.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで江え戸ど時じ代だいの繻しゅ珍ちんの裂きれを見みた。

  I saw a piece of Edo-period figured satin at the museum.