Crêpe, also spelled crepe or crape (from the French ), is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp and crimped appearance. The term "crape" typically refers to a form of the fabric associated specifically with mourning.Dictionary.com Crêpe was also historically called "crespe" or "crisp".Taylor, pp. 246-253
It is woven of hard-spun yarn, originally silk "in the gum" (silk from which the sericin had not been removed). There traditionally have been two distinct varieties of the crêpe: soft, Canton or Oriental crêpe, and hard or crisped crêpe.
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See also Crêpe paper, paper with similar texture Momie cloth
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