ABSTRACT
DECORATION Greek and Roman clothing used various forms, from PATTERNED TEXTILES (COLOUR or texture), DYEING and different finishes imparted during FULLING, specific arrangements of folds (isoptyches, toga), to APPLIQUÉD woven, beaded, or metal decorations (e.g. pasmatia). TEXTILE MANUFACTURE and MAINTENANCE meant that elaborate decoration was itself a form of LUXURY, whatever the cost of the materials used.
