Crape
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A short dictionary entry defining crape as a gauzy fabric of raw silk, woven without crossing. It describes uses for shawls, mourning goods and ecclesiastical habits, explains how highly twisted silk gives crisped crape its wrinkled texture, and mentions related fabrics (aerophane, gauze). It also gives a traditional account of crape's origin at Boulogne.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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