Suggested Terms for Use in Cataloging Fashion Objects at KSU -- materials

| WOOL | SILK | VELVET | CREPE | SATIN |
| FUR | LEATHER | LACE | COTTON |
| RAYON | FLANNEL |TAFFETA | STRAW | CANVAS | GINGHAM | FABRIC |

WOOL alpaca wool Angora wool Australian wool Botany wool breech wool carding wool cashmere clothing wool combing wool dead wool grease wool Iceland wool kemp lamb's wool Merino wool miscellaneous wool off-sorts pashm pelt wool plucked wool pulled wool raw wool reprocessed wool re-used wool reworked wool scoured wool sheer wool Shetland wool shoddy wool (shoddy) skin wool tender wool top wool untrue wool virgin wool

SILK silk boiled-off silk cappadine carded silk crin ecru silk fibroin filament silk floret floss silk hard silk marabout muga organzine pure silk (pure dye silk) raw silk reeled silk sericin silk noil single (silk) sleaved silk soft silk souple spun silk thread silk thrown silk tie-silk tram tussah weighted silk wild silk yamamai

VELVETS velvet bagheera chiffon velvet ciselé costume velvet croisé velvet crushed velvet cut velvet façonné velvet Japanese velvet jardinière Lyons velvet mirror velvet moquette velvet nacré velvet panne velvet paon velvet pile-upon-pile velvet shoe velvet stamped velvet tartan velvet transparent velvet uncut velvet velveret wedding-ring velvet Yuzen birodo

CREPES crepe Albert crepe alpaca crepe bark crepe Canton crepe crepe charmeuse chiffon crepe chirimen cotton crepe crepe de Chine cotton crepe de Chine Crépella crinkle cloth crepe Elizabeth faille crepe flat crepe georgette crepe Japanese crepe lingerie crepe crepe lisse marocain matelasse crepe crepe meteor mock Romaine crepe mossy crepe mourning crepe one hundred denier Oriental crepe plissé crepe Romaine satin-back crepe Serpentine crepe triple sheer crepe wool crepe

SATINS antique satin Baronette satin crepe-back satin duchesse satin étoile farmer's satin (Italian cloth) Liberty satin messaline mushru panne satin ribbed satin satin Canton satin de chine satin de Lyon satin merveilleux satin sultan shoe satin Skinner's satin slipper satin stovepipe satin surf satin upholstery satin wash satin

FURS
fur Alaska sable Alaska sealskin American badger American Broadtail American mink American opossum American sable antelope arctic fox arctic wolf astrakhan Australian opossum baby (fur) baby deer badger baum marten (beech) (pine marten) bear beaver beaver-dyed cony beaverette Bessarabian lamb black fox black muskrat bleaching blending blocked lapin blue fox Bonmouton broadtail burunduki	calf caracal caracul chinchilla Chinese badger Chinese mink civet cat cony (coney coypu cross fox Cross Persian crown sable ermine fisher (fur) fitch fox galyak (galyac) genet glazing gray fox guanaco hair seal half Persian lamb hamster Hudson seal Indian lamb Jap marten Jap mink karakul kid caracul kidskin kit fox	kolinsky krimmer lapin Laskin Mouton leopard leopard cat letting out lynx lynx cat Manchurian ermine marmot marten Mendoze Beaver-dyed Cony miniver mink mink tail mole monkey mouton muskrat musquash mutation mink near seal northern muskrat nutria ocelot opossum pelt peltry Persian lamb perwitsky pieced pine marten plate platina	pointed fox pony prime rabbit raccoon ranch mink red fox red sable Russian muskrat sable seal seal-dyed cony sealskin sea-otter sheared beaver silver fox silver pointed fox skunk southern muskrat squirrel stoat stone marten summer ermine Tartar sable timber wolf Tingona processed lamb tipped underfur unprime weasel western wolf white fox wild mink wolf wolverine

LEATHERS
leather alligator alligator-grained leather antelope antelope-finish suede artificial leather boarded leather boroso leather box leather Bucko buckskin buffskin cabretta leather calf (calfskin) canepin capeskin carding leather castor chamois chrome leather cordovan	cordwain cowhide crushed leather cuir-bouilli doeskin Dongola leather (Dongola kid) dressed kid ecrasé elasticized leather elk Florentine leather French kid galuchat leather glazed kid goatskin gold kid grain leather imitation alligator imitation leather japanned leather Java lizard	juchten kangaroo kid lambskin lizard losh hide mat kid mocha morocco napa leather ooze ostrich leather paste grain patent leather peccary pigskin pin seal python rawhide reptile reversed leather	roan Russia leather saddle leather saffian Scotch grain leather seal shagreen sharkskin sheepskin skiver snakeskin sole leather steerhide suede undressed kid veau velours Vici kid wash leather water buffalo whang leather white leather

COTTONS cotton absorbent cotton American cotton China cotton Egyptian cotton Indian cotton maco mercerized cotton peeler cotton Peruvian cotton Pima cotton sea-island cotton upland cotton	RAYON rayon Acele acetate rayon (cellulose acetate rayon) Bemberg Celanese cellulose acetate rayon Crown Rayon cuprammonium rayon Du Pont Rayon Enka filament rayon yarn Monofil new abraded yarn multi-filament new broken filament yarn nitrocellulose rayon Seraceta sheer rayon Spun-lo spun rayon spun rayon yarn Teca Visca viscose	TAFFETAS taffeta changeable taffeta chiffon taffeta faille taffeta moiré taffeta (watered taffeta) paper taffeta pigment taffeta tissue taffeta rayon taffeta susurrus wool taffeta	FLANNELS flannel baby flannel canton flannel diaper flannel dress flannel forestry cloth French flannel kimono flannel ladies' cloth (lady's cloth) outing flannel shaker flannel shirting flannel swansdown twilled flannel vegetable flannel Viyella flannel Welsh flannel
GINGHAMS gingham apron check chambray common gingham French gingham madras gingham nurse's gingham Scotch gingham tissue gingham zephyr gingham	STRAWS straw baku (bakou) ballibuntl bangkok chip exotic straw leghorn straw linen straw liseré Milan straw neora paillasson Panama peanit pedal straw pedaline punta raffia ramie sennit Shantung sisal (sisol) sparterie tagal straw toquilla toyo Tuscan straw Visca	CANVAS canvas Ada canvas (Aida canvas) Berlin canvas chess canvas cross-stitch canvas Java canvas leviathan canvas needlepoint canvas penelope canvas single canvas	FABRIC fabric back-filled fabric bordered fabric chemical fabric coated fabric combination fabric companion fabric elasticized fabric fake fur fireproof fabric ingrain fabric knitted fabric plain fabric plastic fabric plated fabric pre-pleated fabric reversible fabric self-fabric (self-material) textured fabric

LACES
lace Alençon lace all-over lace aloe lace antique lace Antwerp pot lace appliqué lace Arabian lace araneum lace Argentan lace Armenian lace arras lace Ave Maria lace baby lace Battenberg lace Bavarian lace beggar's lace biliment lace Binche lace bisette blonde lace bobbin lace Bohemian lace bone lace bourdon lace Breton lace bridal lace Bruges lace	Brussels lace Buckingham lace (Buckinghamshire lace) bullion lace Burano lace buratto lace carnival lace Carrickmacross lace Chantilly lace . black Chantilly lace chenille lace Cluny lace colbertine (colberteen) copper lace Crete lace crochet Damascene lace darned lace dentelle de la Vierge Devonshire lace Dieppe point lace Dresden point lace duchesse lace Egyptian lace fiber lace filet lace flat point lace Florentine lace	Genoa lace gold lace Greek lace gros point guipure guipure de Bruges hairpin lace Hamburg lace hollie point lace Honiton lace Huguenot lace Irish crochet Irish lace knotted work lacis Lille lace Limerick lace Lisle lace macramé lace malines Maltese lace Margot lace Mechlin lace Medici lace metal lace mignonette lace Milan lace Moorish lace	needle-point lace Northampton lace Norttingham lace opus araneum Oriental lace orris oyah lace (Turkish point lace) Paraguay lace parchment lace peasant lace Peniche lace pillow lace Plauen lace point d'Angleterre lace point d'esprit point de gaze lace point de Paris lace point lace point plat poussin lace princesse lace ratiné lace real lace Renaissance lace reticella lace Roman lace rose point lace	Saint Gall lace Saxony lace Schleswig lace shadow lace Shetland lace silver lace Spanish lace spider work Swedish lace tambour lace tatting Teneriffe lace thread lace tonder lace torchon lace trolley lace Turkish point lace Valenciennes lace Venetian lace wrap lace wrap net lace yak lace Ypres lace

Input by Marcia Lei Zeng for research purpose only, based on Mary Brooks Picken "A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern", New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 397 p. © 1985 by Joann J. Greener & Elizabeth M. Houck.