: a soft lightweight silk dress fabric with a satin weave.

What is Messaline used for?

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n. a thin, soft, satin-weave silk, used for dresses, undergarments, etc.

What is Messaline satin?

Messaline satin is a light-weight, closely woven, 5 shaft satin. Three samples, in gold, blue, and changeable red-green. 36" width. Part of a donation of 63 samples representing the processes of silk skein-dyeing, and silk piece-dyeing and printing, given by the National Silk Dyeing Co of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1915.