Satin use in ballet. Other uses include interior furnishing fabrics, upholstery, and bed sheets . Originally, during the Middle Ages, satin was made of silk; consequently it was very expensive, used only by the upper classes. Satin became famous in Europe during the twelfth century. The name derives its origin from the Chinese port city of Quanzhou, whose name in (medieval) Arabic was Zayton. During the latter part of the Middle Ages, it was a major shipping port of silk, using the maritime Silk Road to reach Europe. It was mostly used in the Arabian countries. Fabrics created from satin weaves
Mark Satin finding those values in the writings of contemporary theorists, Satin says they are just new versions of the values that inspired 18th-century American revolutionaries: liberty, equality, pursuit-of-happiness, and fraternity, respectively. He calls Benjamin Franklin the radical middle's favorite Founding Father, and says Franklin "wanted us to invent a uniquely American politics that served ordinary people by creatively borrowing from all points of view." In "New Age Politics", Satin chooses not to focus on the details of public policy. In "Radical Middle", however, Satin develops a raft of policy proposals rooted in the Four Key Values. (Among them: universal access to