Crepe de Chine
Crepe de Chine women's robe ( Redfern , 1910)
Crêpe de Chine [ pronunciation ] , also Chinese crepe , similar or equal to Crêpe Mongole , is a textile material, a very fine , transparent semi-crepe with smooth yarn ( organsin ) in the warp and alternating 2S / 2Z twisted crepe yarn in the weft .
The surface is a little smoother, not as grainy as real crepe fabric .
Crêpe de Chine made of natural silk can be washed lukewarm and ironed from the left under a damp cloth with the setting 1 point. Often it consists of polyester texturé.
The French fashion designer Augusta Bernard (* 1886; † 1946) had great success in the 1920s and 1930s with her crêpe de chine dresses, which were preferably pastel-colored and white, cut diagonally to the grain.
See also
Web links
Commons : Crêpe de Chine - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Alfons Hofer: Textile and Model Lexicon . 7th edition, Volume 1, Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, pp. 175, 176, keywords “Crêpe de Chine”, “Crêpe Monole” (reference to Crêpe de Chine). ISBN 3-87150-518-8 .