Description

Tortora and Johnson describe silk muslin, visible in a vibrant green Vionnet dress in figure 4: A thin silk fabric that is made with a loose, open weave in solid colors, small multicolored printed patterns, or woven raised figures. (562) The 1896 Pocket Dictionary of Dry-goods by George and Daniel Bible gives a similar definition, showing the the definition has not changed in a century: A thin and gauzy silk textile, either plain or printed in small patterns in color, or ornamented with raised figures made in the weaving