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title: "Crêpe"
description: "Crêpe is a fabric with a crinkled, grainy surface, made by using very highly twisted yarns or special weaves or finishes."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/crepe
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
---

# Crêpe

*Crêpe is a fabric with a crinkled, grainy surface, made by using very highly twisted yarns or special weaves or finishes.*

Crêpe gets its pebbly texture from yarns twisted so tightly that they kink as the cloth relaxes, or from a crêpe weave that scatters the interlacings. The result is matt, springy and drapes well.

## What types are there?

Crêpe de Chine (light silk), crêpe georgette (sheer), wool crêpe for tailoring, and the dense crêpe-backed satin that is matt on one side and shiny on the other. Black crêpe was long the fabric of mourning dress.


## Sources

1. [Crêpe (AAT 300183741)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300183741). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Crêpe (Q181362)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181362). Wikidata

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