page_title: Crêpe (textile)
section_title: Types (A to C)
hierarchical_section_title: Crêpe (textile) / Types / Types (A to C)
caption_attribution_description: English: England, circa 1827 Costumes; principal attire (entire body) Silk plain weave (aeophane); silk satin lining and metal hooks and eyes; silk satin undersleeves with lace trim. Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne (M.2007.211.939) Costume and Textiles
context_page_description: Crêpe, also spelt crepe or crape, is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp, crimped appearance. The term crape typically refers to a form of the fabric associated specifically with mourning. Crêpe is also historically called crespe or crisp.
context_section_description: Aerophane:
  Crimped silk gauze with a crêpe texture.
  An historic 19th century lightweight crêpe, introduced in 1820, and, as crepe aerophane in 1861.
  Albert crêpe:
  A superior-quality black silk mourning crêpe used since 1862.
  Plain-weave crêpe.
  An English-made silk and cotton blend crêpe.
  Alicienne: A furnishing fabric with alternating plain weave and crêpe stripes.
  Alpaca crêpe: Rayon and acetate blend crêpe with a woollen texture, not necessarily made of alpaca yarn.
  Altesse: A British plain-weave silk fabric with crêpe filling.
  Arabian:
  A British-made plain-weave cloth with figured crêpe designs
  Piece-dyed silk crêpe embroidered with dots.
  Armure See Georgian crêpe.
  Balanced crêpe: Crêpe woven with alternating S and Z twist yarns in both directions.
  Balmoral crape: An 1895 English crape.
  Balzerine: An 1889 narrow-striped silk grenadine overlaid with wider crêpe stripes. An earlier 1830s cotton/worsted fabric, spelled balzarine, is probably not crêpe.
  Bark (or tree-bark) crêpe: A broad term describing rough crêpes with a bark texture.
  Bauté satin: Warp-woven satin with a plain crêpe reverse.
  Borada crape: A cheaper, economical version of mourning crape advertised in c.1887.
  Bologna crêpe: Silk crêpe used for mourning, also known as valle cypre.
  Canton crêpe: A soft silk crêpe with a pebbly surface originally associated with Canton in China, with bias ribs. Made in Britain, but exported to China, hence its name.
  Caustic soda crêpe: Cotton treated with chemicals to create a crêpe-like texture, often in patterns.
  Chiffon crêpe: Chiffon-weight crêpe.
  Chijimi: Japanese crêpe.
  Chirimen: Japanese raw silk crêpe widely used for kimonos. When woven with a dot it is mon-chirimen.
  Courtauld crape: 1890s mourning crape made by Courtaulds. An 1894 variation, called Courtauld's new silk crêpe, was exceptionally thin and soft. Courtaulds monopolised the export market for English crapes and crêpes, meaning that the textiles known as crape anglaise were almost always manufactured by Courtaulds up until 1940.
  Crêpe Algerian: A trade name for a printed pongee with a rough crêpe texture.
  Crêpe anglaise: A French term for English mourning crapes in black and white. The only true 'crape anglais' was considered that made by Courtaulds (see Courtauld crape) which was last made in 1940.
  Crêpe Beatrice: Trade name for crêpe with a light warp stripe.
  Crêpe berber: Trade name for a piece-dyed crepe-textured pongee.
  Crêpe charmeuse: Lightweight silk satin with a grenadine warp and crêpe reverse.
  Crêpe chenette: A tradename for a strong crêpe with a pebble texture.
  Crêpe crêpe: Made with extra twists in the warp to create an extra-deep texture.
  Crêpe de chine: A fine, lightweight silk, cotton, or worsted, with a plain weave and crêpe-twist filling.
  Crêpe de chine travers: A ribbed crêpe de chine with heavier filling yarns introduced to the weave at regular intervals.
  Crêpe de dante: Crêpe with silk and wool filling.
  Crêpe de lahor: Cotton crêpe made in France.
  Crêpe de laine: A sheer wool fabric plain-woven with hard twist for a slight crêpe effect.
  Crêpe de santé: An undyed, closely woven, rough-textured wool-blend crêpe mixed with silk, linen or cotton, also called "health crepe"
  Crêpe de Suisse: 1860 dress fabric.
  Crêpe d'espagne: Open-weave fabric with a silk warp and wool filling.
  Crêpe diana: Trade name for a cotton and silk blend crêpe.
  Crêpe Elizabeth: English term for a mottled or pebbled georgette.
  Crêpe faille sublime: Silk grosgrain with a hard-twist filling.
  Crêpe flannel: Plain-woven worsted with a crêpe finish.
  Crêpe imperial Late 19th century woollen crape.
  Crêpe jacquard: Crepe with designs produced by jacquard weaving.
  Crêpe janigor: Trade name for a heavy rib textile with alternating rayon and dull acetate warp threads, cross-dyed for varied shades.
  Crêpe jersey: Vertically ribbed silk crêpe resembling the knit fabric.
  Crêpe lissé (or lease): A lightweight, lustrous, slightly stiffened open-weave silk or cotton crêpe, with fewer twists than a crêpe crêpe.
  Crêpela: French term for a crêpe effect.
  Crepeline: Very sheer plain-woven s
caption: Detail of an aerophane dress, c.1827
exif: {}