Passementerie adornments in both fashion and interior textiles date back to ancient Egyptian and Greek civilisations. By the 16th and 17th centuries these details were crafted from gold, silver, silk, or cotton threads and in the 19th were often colourful and embellished with beads, shells, wood, or crystals. There are now a myriad of passementerie available to interior designers, ranging from classic cords and braids to borders, fringing, tassels, tiebacks, ropes, rosettes, and bows – to name a few – manufactured using an endless list of compositions.