Cambric ( US: , UK: or ), or batiste , one of the best and most densely packed fabrics, is a light plain weave cloth, originating from the Cambrai French commune, woven in green, then bleached, dyed and colored. often glossy or calendered. Originally made of linen; later, the term also applies to cotton fabrics. Cambric is used as fabric for linen, shirts, handkerchieves, ruffs, lace and needlework. The term "cambric cloth" also applies to rigid, usually black and open fabrics normally used for dust coverings on the underside of upholstered furniture.
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History
Cambric was originally a kind of plain white linen fabric made in or near Cambrai. This word is derived from Kameryk or Kamerijk , the name Flemish Cambrai, which became part of France in 1677. This word is proved since 1530. This is a synonym of the French word batiste , itself proved since 1590. Batiste itself comes from Picard batiche , proved since 1401 and comes from the French battre for bending over. The modern form of batiste or baptiste comes from a popular union with the name Baptiste, pronounced Batisse as shown by the use of thoile batiche (1499) and toile de baptiste (1536) for the same fabric. The alleged discovery of the fabric, circa 1300, by a weaver called Baptiste or Jean-Baptiste Cambray or Chambray, from the village of Castaing in the title of the Marcoing nobility, near Cambrai, has no historical land. Cambric is better quality and more expensive than grass (from French laune , originally a plain-weave linen from the town of Laon in France). Determining the geographical origin of the Cambrai city or its surrounding ( Cambresis in French), cambric is exactly the same as the French cambrÃÆ' Â © sine (/k?. B? E.zin/), plain white woven fabrics, almost plain, to be distinguished from cambrasine , fabric comparable to French grass even though foreign origin. Cambric is also close to the chambray (/'?? mbre?/ of the French regional variant "Cambrai", a name that "also originated in Cambrai, the city of France, where the material was originally made of linen yarn." Chambray (also spelled "chambrai") appeared in North American English in the early 19th century. Although this term generally refers to the plain cotton weave with colorful loom and white feed, close to the box motif, "chambray silk" seems to have coexisted.Chambray is often produced during this period by the same weavers who produce gingham.
White linen or batiste linen from Cambrai, known for its heaviness and luster, "is preferred for ecclesiastical clothing, fine shirts, underwear, frills, cravats, collars and cuffs, handkerchiefs and baby clothes." Technical use sometimes introduces the distinction between cambric and batiste, the latter being lighter weight and smoother thread counts. Chambray, although the same type of fabric, has a colorful and white weft, although it can be "made from whatever color you want, in the warp, and also in stuffing, only they are different from each other.
In the 18th century, after the prohibition of imports into Britain in France, with the development of Indian cotton cloth imports, similar cotton fabrics, such as nainsook, from Hindi nainsukh ("eye of joy"), became popular. These fabrics, originally called Scotch cambrics to distinguish them from the original French cambrics, later referred to as cotton cambrics or batistes. Some authors increase the confusion with the assumption that the word batiste can be derived from Indian fabrics bastas .
In the 19th century, the term cambric and batiste gradually lost their connection with linen, implying only the kind of fine plain woven fabric with a shiny finish. In 1907, a fine cotton swatter had 100 ends per inch in finished cloth, while the class was cheap, less than 60. At the same time, with the development of interest in colored shirts, cambric was also woven in color, like the pink fabric used by Charvet for corsage, reducing the difference between cambric and chambray. In addition, the development and rationalization of mechanical weave leads to replacement, for chambray, colored warp and white feed by opponents, white warp and colored feed, allowing for longer arches.
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In popular culture
English ballad "Scarborough Fair" has the lyrics in the second verse "Tell him to make me a pistil shirt,/Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme/Sewn with no seams or fine stitches,/Then he will be my true love." also appears in David Bowie's song, "Come And Buy My Toys" in the lyrics "You must have a cambric shirt, you have to work on your father's land."
See also
- Batiste
- Grass
- Nainsook
References
External links
- Articles about cambric
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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