Batavia (cloth)

This article is about the woven cloth. For other uses, see Batavia (disambiguation).

Batavia, also known as Batavia silk and Levantine,[1] was initially a silk fabric used for dresses in 18th-century France.

In the 19th century, the material was made using greige silk in the warp and schappe silk in the weft. The fabric was also known as "Levantine". Imitations of it were made in cotton.[2]

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  2. ^ Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. New York; London: Norton. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.