See also:

• CRAPE (an anglicized version of the Fr. crepe)

CRAPE (an anglicized version of the Fr. crepe)  , a See also:

• SILK

silk fabric of a gauzy texture, having a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar crisp or crimpy See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . It is See also:

• WOVEN

woven of hard spun silk See also:

• YARN

yarn " in the See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum " or natural See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition . There are two distinct varieties of the textile—soft, See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton or See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• CRAPE (an anglicized version of the Fr. crepe)

crape, and hard or crisped crape . The wavy appearance of Canton crape results from the peculiar manner in which the weft is prepared, the yarn from two bobbins being See also:

• TWISTED

twisted together in the See also:

• REVERSE

reverse way . The fabric when woven is smooth and even, having no crepe appearance, but when the gum is subsequently extracted by boiling it at once becomes soft, and the weft, losing its twist, gives the fabric the waved structure which constitutes its distinguishing feature . Canton crapes are used, either See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or coloured, for ladies' scarves and shawls, See also:

• BONNET
• BONNET, CHARLES (172o–1793)

bonnet trimmings, &c . The See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese excel in the manufacture of soft crapes . The crisp and elastic structure of hard crape is not produced either in the pinning or in the See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, but is due to processes through which the See also:

• GAUZE

gauze passes after it is woven . What the details of these processes are is known to only a few manufacturers, who so jealously guard their See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret that, in some cases, the different stages in the manufacture are conducted in towns far removed from each other . Commercially they are distinguished as single, See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double, three-ply and four-ply crapes, According to the nature of the yarn used in their manufacture . They are almost exclusively dyed See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black and used in See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, and among See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic communities for nuns' veils, &c . In See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain hard crapes are made at See also:

• BRAINTREE

Braintree in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, See also:

• YARMOUTH
• YARMOUTH (GREAT YARMOUTH)

Yarmouth, See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester and See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow .

The crape formerly made at Norwich was made with a silk warp and worsted weft, and is said to have afterwards degenerated into See also:

• BOMBAZINE, or BOMBASINE

bombazine . A very successful See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of real crape is made in Manchester of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton yarn, and sold under the name of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria crape .