Batiste

Batiste is a fine cloth made from cotton, wool, polyester, or a blend, and the softest of the lightweight opaque fabrics.

History and description

Batiste is a balanced plain weave, a fine cloth made from cotton or linen such as cambric. Batiste was often used as a lining fabric for high-quality garments. Batiste is also used for handkerchiefs (cotton batiste) and lingerie (batiste de soie).

In 1901 Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language defined batiste as "usual French name for cambric" or "applied in commerce to a fine texture of linen and cotton".

"Cambric" is a synonym of the French word batiste, itself attested since 1590.Batiste itself comes from the Picard batiche, attested since 1401, derived from the old French battre for bowing wool. The modern form batiste or baptiste comes from a popular merge with the surname Baptiste, pronounced Batisse, as indicated by the use of the expressions thoile batiche (1499) and toile de baptiste (1536) for the same fabric. The alleged invention of the fabric, around 1300, by a weaver called Baptiste or Jean-Baptiste Cambray or Chambray, from the village of Castaing in the peerage of Marcoing, near Cambrai, has no historic ground.

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Batiste (surname)

Batiste is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alvin Batiste (1932–2007), American jazz clarinetist
  • D'Anthony Batiste (born 1982), American footballer
  • Édouard Batiste (1820–1876), French composer and organist
  • John Batiste (born 1953), United States Army officer
  • Jonathan Batiste (born 1986), American jazz pianist
  • Kevin Batiste (born 1966), American baseball player
  • Kim Batiste (born 1968), American baseball player
  • Lionel Batiste (1931–2012), American jazz musician
  • Michael Batiste (born 1977), American basketball player
  • Michael Batiste (born 1970), American footballer
  • Russell Batiste, Jr. (born 1965), American drummer
  • Spencer Batiste (born 1945), British politician
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    Batiste (disambiguation)

    Batiste is a lightweight woven fabric.

    Batiste may also refer to:

  • Batiste (surname)
  • Batiste Madalena (1902–1988), American commercial artist


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