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taffeta

crisp, smooth, plain woven fabric of silk or rayon, sometimes with a fine crosswise rib formed by thick weft yarns
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Mademoiselles Giroux (France, active circa 1880) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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taffeta

Summary

taffeta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (732 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • taffeta is made of silk[2].
  • taffeta is made of filament[3].
  • taffeta is made of filament[4].
  • taffeta is made of staple[5].
  • taffeta is a type of woven fabric[6].
  • taffeta's Commons category is recorded as Taffeta[7].
  • taffeta's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[8].
  • taffeta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • taffeta's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • taffeta's fabrication method is recorded as plain weave[11].

Body

Definition and Type

taffeta is a type of woven fabric[6].

Why It Matters

taffeta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (732 views/month).[1] taffeta has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] taffeta is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Fabrication method → plain weave
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    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532546405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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