cretonne

[ kri-ton, kree-ton ]

noun

1. a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.

cretonne

/ ˈkrɛtɒn; krɛˈtɒn /

noun

1. 1. a heavy cotton or linen fabric with a printed design, used for furnishing
   2. ( as modifier )

      cretonne chair covers

Word History and Origins

Origin of cretonne¹

1865–70; < French, after Creton, Norman village where it was produced

Word History and Origins

Origin of cretonne¹

C19: from French, from Creton Norman village where it originated

Example Sentences

The year she left, she began working as a textile designer and creating cretonne fabrics.

From New York Times

She redecorated the musty, coffer- ceilinged mansion with watercolor landscapes, reupholstered the sofas with rustic fabrics, and discarded the cretonne drapes in favor of sliding glass doors that invited the morning light.

From Literature

“It was all warming pans and horrible fabrics — cretonne, you know. Then my aunt’s was just beige. I was evacuated during the war and was the only child not crying as we left home. I was 9 years old and ended up meeting the lady of the manor, Mrs. Burton-Fanning, through my art teacher. She taught me about antiques.”

From New York Times

The Cretonne Department had been compressed and curtailed to make room for this new feature, and she passed through the archway of an ornate partition in order to admire and wonder at the Oriental novelties.

From Project Gutenberg

The majority of Fifties promotion could be likened to souped-up catalog pages: Whether for sinks or pencils or Cretonne slipcovers, it was all just merchandise being hawked and hustled.

From Washington Post