Lawn cloth

Lawn cloth or lawn is a fine plain weave textile, made with fine combed cotton.^[1]^[2] Terms also used include batiste and nainsook. Originally the name applied to plain weave linen, and linen lawn is also called "handkerchief linen".^[3]^[4] The term lawn is also used in the textile industry to refer to a type of starched crisp finish given to a cloth product. The finish can be applied to a variety of fine fabrics, prints or plain.

^ "lawn". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ "Vintage Fashion Guild : Fabric Resource : Lawn". vintagefashionguild.org. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 344. ISBN 9781609015350. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ Woolnough, Richard (2008). The A to Z Book of Menswear. The A to Z Book of Menswear. p. 200. ISBN 9781897403259. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[1] "lawn". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[:0-2] "Vintage Fashion Guild : Fabric Resource : Lawn". vintagefashionguild.org. Retrieved 2022-03-14.

[Fairchild-3] Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 344. ISBN 9781609015350. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[4] Woolnough, Richard (2008). The A to Z Book of Menswear. The A to Z Book of Menswear. p. 200. ISBN 9781897403259. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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