Crêpe (textile) explained
Crêpe, also spelled crepe or crape (from the French French: crêpe),[1] is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp and crimped appearance. The term "crape" typically refers to a form of the fabric associated specifically with mourning.[2] Crêpe was also historically called "crespe" or "crisp".[3]
It is woven of hard-spun yarn, originally silk "in the gum" (silk from which the sericin had not been removed). There traditionally have been two distinct varieties of the crêpe: soft, Canton or Oriental crêpe, and hard or crisped crêpe.
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Bibliography
- Book: Ikegami . Eiko . Bonds of civility : aesthetic networks and political origins of Japanese culture . 2005 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 9780521601153 . Reprinted.
- Book: Lewandowski . Elizabeth J.. The complete costume dictionary. 2011. Scarecrow Press, Inc. . Lanham, Md.. 9780810877856.
- Book: Panda. H.. The complete book on textile processing and silk reeling technology . 2010 . Asia Pacific Business Press, Inc.. Delhi. 9788178331355. First.
- Book: Taylor. Lou. Mourning Dress: A Costume and Social History. 1983. 2009. Routledge Revivals . 978-1135228439 . 246–253 . 2009 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Jz-OAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 . Appendix 1: A Selection of Popular Mourning Fabrics.
- Book: Tortora. Phyllis G. . Johnson . Ingrid . The Fairchild books dictionary of textiles. 2014. Fairchild Books. New York . 9781609015350. 8th.
Notes and References
- http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=crepe&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary
- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crape Dictionary.com
- Taylor, pp. 246-253
