American attorney with face-covering — silk or linen, perhaps (6)
I believe the answer is:
damask
'silk or linen perhaps' is the definition.
(damask is a type of silk or linen)
'american attorney with face-covering' is the wordplay.
'american attorney' becomes 'DA' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'face-covering' becomes 'mask' (a mask covers your face).
'da'+'mask'='DAMASK'
(Other definitions for damask that I've seen before include "Rich, heavy fabric with a pattern woven into it, a tablecloth say" , "Cloth, originally Syrian" , "Heavy embroidered linen" , "Patterned cloth" , "Fine linen with woven pattern" .)