muslin
The muslin (also the mousselin ; French la mousseline ; Italian la mussolina ; in Switzerland the mousseline ) is a loose, fine-threaded and smooth fabric that is named after the city of Mosul in what is now northern Iraq because of the oriental patterns originally used . Outdated names for muslin are Chaly , Chalinet , Vapeur , Zephir , Ornis , Milaine , Lainette , Muslinet and Doreas .
The muslin is woven from cotton or wool - since the beginning of the 20th century also from viscose staple fibers - in a plain weave . The softly twisted threads create a flowing fabric with a soft feel. In a very high quality version, muslin is also made from silk .
The muslin has been made since the 17th century and experienced its heyday at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century: women's clothes à la grecque , popular during the Empire and Directoir , were preferably made of white muslin based on the classical Greek model.
Colds were grouped under the joke name "muslin disease" at that time, as many women followed this fashion even in winter. An indirect consequence of fashion was the emergence of large cashmere shawls , often with an oriental pattern ( paisley ) .
Depending on the application, muslin is piece-dyed or printed . Light muslin is mainly used for blouses and summer dresses as well as for curtains , coarse muslin as a basic cover for upholstered furniture (white upholstery).
The linguistically related fries mousseline (German: foam potatoes ) are a creamy, stirred mashed potato .
In 1903 , the Wright brothers used muslin to cover the wings and tail unit of their Wright Flyer , the first motorized aircraft with pilots.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Wadischat: Expert Practice encyclopedia of textile information . 3. Edition. expert verlag, Renningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8169-2748-8 , p. 102 . (on-line)
- ^ Hugo Glafey (Hrsg.): Textile Lexicon - concise dictionary of the entire textile industry. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart / Berlin 1937, p. 538.
- ↑ Erika Thiel: History of the costume. Berlin 1982, p. 294.
- ↑ http://www.schlemmergarten.com/kochrezepte/rezepte/Schaumkartoffeln%20(Pommes%20mousseline).html