Canton crape

Can´ton crape´

    (krāp´)
1.A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; - called also Oriental crape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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On one occasion, Miss Ophelia found Topsy with her very best scarlet India Canton crape shawl wound round her head for a turban, going on with her rehearsals before the glass in great style,--Miss Ophelia having, with carelessness most unheard-of in her, left the key for once in her drawer.
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