Cretonne

Cretonne was originally a strong, white fabric with a hempen warp and linen weft.

[1][2][3][4] The word is sometimes said to be derived from Créton, a village in Mesnils-sur-Iton (Eure, Upper Normandy) where the manufacture of linen was carried on;[5][6] some other serious sources mention that the cretonne was invented by Paul Creton, an inhabitant of Vimoutiers in the Pays d'Auge, Lower Normandy, France, a village very active in the textile industry in the past centuries.

The word is now applied to a strong, printed cotton cloth, which is stouter than chintz but used for very much the same purposes.

Frequently cretonne has a fancy woven pattern of some kind which is modified by the printed design.

It is sometimes made with a weft of cotton waste.