Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by form]
6. [materials by physical form]
7. [fiber and fiber by product]
8. [fiber by product]
9. textile materials
10. [textile materials by composition or origin]
11. cotton (textile)

Anotations

Scope note:

Sheer, thin, heavily-sized open weave cotton, used for linings and as a wiping cloth in printmaking. Use also for a type of muslin brought from India to the United Kingdom in the 18th century, and produced in Scotland in the 19th century, commonly for ball gowns.