In a full-patterned songket (songket bunga
penuh) one of the popular motifs is the corak teluk berantai which
means bays or l agoons along the coastline or curves in rivers.
This particular
ornamentation is produced by dividing up the area to be decorated
into three main parts: the Teluk (bays) which are made up of rhomboids,
squares, octagonal and ogees that are filled with floral motifs;
the Rantai or the linked chains which enclose the bays; and the
intersections of the chains. This pattern is normally used in
the main part of the cloth or badan kain, and is usually filled
with gold thread.
This full-patterned songket is usually set against a dark background
colour of black, scarlet or dark blue where these patterns are
beautifully enhanced. The main motifs in the teluk berantai pattern
are sometimes bold and sometimes small. Among the popular ones
are: bunga tiga dara (three maidens), bunga tampuk buah kesemak
(corolla of the persimmon fruit), bunga tampuk manggis (corolla
of mangosteen) and bunga mahkota raja (the ruler's crown).
In the rantai or chain section the main motifs are: rantai bunga
bintang (a chain of stars), rantai bunga cengkih (a chain of cloves),
rantai unduk-unduk (a chain of sea-horses), rantai jagung (a chain
of maize) rantai bunga pecah empat (a chain of four-petalled flowers)
and rantai bunga cermai (a chain of the cermai fruit).
