bombazine
Black funeral textile
Bombazine is a twilled fabric, traditionally made from silk warp and worsted wool weft, though later versions used cotton.
The fabric has a slightly corded or ribbed texture and was historically produced in black for mourning clothes during the Victorian era.
She wore bombazine to her husband's funeral, as custom demanded.
The fabric fell out of fashion by the early twentieth century and is now rarely seen outside period dramas and historical novels.
Fine woven insect fiber
- woolSheared animal fiber
- worstedCombed wool yarn
- twillDiagonal-ribbed fabric
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
warp · weft · thread · yarn · textile · crape · dressmaking · tailoring
Diagonal-ribbed fabric
- diagonalSlanting line or path
- ribbedWith raised parallel lines
- sergeDurable twilled cloth
- worstedCombed wool yarn
warp · weft · corded · loom · texture · pattern · finish · lustrous
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- veilFabric that obscures
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
- funeralService honoring the dead
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
bereavement · crepe · black · Victorian · somber · solemn · Queen Victoria · mourning dress
Of a prim era
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- RegencyProxy rule period
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
period dress · costume · heirloom · old-fashioned · archaic · obsolete · outmoded · bygone
silk
Fine woven insect fiber
weave · warp · weft · thread · yarn · textile · crape · dressmaking · tailoring · draper
twill
Diagonal-ribbed fabric
worsted · warp · weft · corded · loom · texture · pattern · finish · lustrous · matte
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
grief · bereavement · crepe · black · Victorian · somber · solemn · Queen Victoria · mourning dress · memorial
Victorian
Of a prim era
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- RegencyProxy rule period
- vintageQuality from past eras
antique · period dress · costume · heirloom · old-fashioned · archaic · obsolete · outmoded · bygone · antiquarian
bombazinewhite lace
bombazinecloth of gold
Textile woven with gold
satin · lamé · silk satin · silk · brocade