Wool barathea evening waistcoat with silk collar and lining]]
Barathea, sometimes spelled barrathea, [1] is a soft fabric, with a broken twill weft rib, giving a surface that is lightly pebbled or ribbed, with the effect of a twill running both left and right. Originally developed as a cloth for mourning clothes in the 1840s, it took several decades to become popular for other purposes, due to its association with bereavement. [2]
The yarns used are various combinations of
wool,
silk and
cotton.
Worsted barathea (made with a smooth wool yarn) is often used for evening
coats,
[3] such as
dress coats,
dinner jackets, and
military uniforms,
[4] in black and midnight blue. Silk barathea, either all silk, or using cotton
weft and silken
warp, is widely used in the
necktie industry.
[1]Frank P. Bennett (1914).
A Cotton Fabrics Glossary.
Guilford, Ct.: Frank P. Bennett & Co. pp.
684. Barathea.
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Barathea.
Wool barathea evening waistcoat with silk collar and lining]]
Barathea, sometimes spelled barrathea, [1] is a soft fabric, with a broken twill weft rib, giving a surface that is lightly pebbled or ribbed, with the effect of a twill running both left and right. Originally developed as a cloth for mourning clothes in the 1840s, it took several decades to become popular for other purposes, due to its association with bereavement. [2]
The yarns used are various combinations of
wool,
silk and
cotton.
Worsted barathea (made with a smooth wool yarn) is often used for evening
coats,
[3] such as
dress coats,
dinner jackets, and
military uniforms,
[4] in black and midnight blue. Silk barathea, either all silk, or using cotton
weft and silken
warp, is widely used in the
necktie industry.
[1]Frank P. Bennett (1914).
A Cotton Fabrics Glossary.
Guilford, Ct.: Frank P. Bennett & Co. pp.
684. Barathea.
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Barathea.