On the Characteristics of Silk Crapes

In order to make the characteristics of crape clear, at first the hearing investigations related to the characteristics of crape at wholesale drapers and Kimono speciality stores, which deal in crape, in Tokushima city were carried out. And next stage, some basic mechanical properties, the luster and the wet-shrinkage were measured, and the detailed imports on the hearing investigation were tried to throw light on the characteristics of crape mechanically. As the results, the characteristics of crape were summerized as follows. (1) Strong and substantial durable, (2) Soft and flexible, (3) Kimono made of crape is secure and gives warmmess to wearer, (4) Craping gives Kimono agreeable and soft touch, (5) Crape is not easy to become creased, and it is useful for the ceremonial dress and the visiting dress, (6) At the parts such as hips and knees on Kimono, where workes the elongation force, the deforms of crape Kimono in parallel to warp direction of cloths are large and crease easily but they fade away by and by, (7) The crape Kimono shrink largely when they suck up water, and in a rainy day it's better not to wear them, (8) The density of fibers of crape is large, and the dyed color of crape is deep and fine, (9) The luster of crapes is sober and restful.

公開日:2010年1月24日で登録したコンテンツは、国立情報学研究所において電子化したものです。