Gold drawn out thinly into a fiber. In the past, textile craftsmen skilled in this work added it to fabrics intended primarily as clothing for persons of higher social rank, for uniforms including epaulets of officers, and also for flags. Corresponding knitwear served primarily for the display of wealth, prestige and power; they remained relatively expensive throughout the ages. In addition, clothing was also often worn as trimmings.
went: placed along an edge as an ornament, fringe, or border on clothing) more or less artistic golden embroidery. Even elaborate embroideries of hair-thin gold thread were considered less prestigious than edge decorations of thicker strand. – The fact that gold thread also served as a means of payment, as is sometimes claimed, could not be proven by economic history.
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