{{short description|Twill-woven fabric with a velvet-like nap on one side}} '''Duvetyne''', or '''duvetyn''',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ionazzi|first1=Daniel A.|title=The stagecraft handbook|date=1996|publisher=Betterway Books|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|isbn=9781558704046|page=[https://archive.org/details/stagecrafthandbo0000iona/page/96 96]|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/stagecrafthandbo0000iona|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Shaeffer |first1=Claire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0t6AWUQgTsC&pg=PA486 |title=Claire Shaeffer's fabric sewing guide |date=2011 |publisher=F+W Media |isbn=9781440221125 |edition=2nd |location=Cincinnati}}</ref> (also known as '''Molton''' and '''Rokel'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatricalsupplies.com.au/molton_fabric.html|title = Molton, Rokel, Duvetyne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.specialtyaudiovisual.com/Molton |title=Molton/Duvetyne/Rokel | Specialtyaudio |access-date=2013-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010032131/http://www.specialtyaudiovisual.com/Molton |archive-date=2014-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is a twill fabric with a velvet-like nap on one side. Duvetyne has a matte finish and its high opacity makes it ideal for blocking light.
It may be woven from cotton, wool, or—in rare cases, mainly in the early 20th century—silk. If made of cotton, it is usually called suede cloth. If wool or wool-blend, it is fulled, napped, and sheared. This entirely hides the weave,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vintage Fashion Guild : Coarser Or Thick Heavy Fabrics |url=https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/fabric/?_fabric_looks_like=coarser-or-thick-heavy-fabrics |website=vintagefashionguild.org}}</ref> making it a blind-faced cloth.
Although it is most commonly used in the motion picture industry, early sources list duvetyne as a common fabric for dresses, suits, and coats.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog|year=1902|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Good Housekeeping|volume=67|year=1918}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Scribner's|date=January 1921|volume=69|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=America's Jewish Journal|volume=57|page=418}}</ref> By the 1930s, however, it was widely noted for its use in constructing theatrical cycloramas<ref>{{cite book|title=Curtains and Scenery for Miniature Stage|publisher=Popular Science|date=March 1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Play producing for school and little theatre stages|year=1935|author=Koch, Frederick Henry|page=63}}</ref> and theater curtains.
In modern times, fire-retardant black duvetyne is commonly used for curtains, for scenery, and to control light spill. Many commercial lighting flags are made from duvetyne.<ref>{{cite book|title=Motion Picture and Video Lighting|author=Brown, Blain|page=[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturevid00brow_0/page/151 151]|publisher=Focal Press|date=1996|isbn= 0-240-80249-7|url= https://archive.org/details/motionpicturevid00brow_0|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= Basic lighting worktext for film and video|author=Ferncase, Richard K.|page=43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSkud6FhD-sC&pg=PA43|year=1992|publisher=Focal Press |isbn=9780240800851}}</ref> When used in film applications, especially in the eastern United States, duvetyne is also known as "commando cloth".<ref>{{cite book|title=Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait|author=Grecco, Michael|year=2006|publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated |isbn=9780817442279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7T9iNYpDTncC&pg=PT199}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Art of the event: complete guide to designing and decorating special events|page=147|author1=Monroe, James |author2=Kates, Robert|isbn=0-471-42686-5|year=2005|publisher=Wiley }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Stagecraft Handbook|author=Ionazzi, Daniel|page=[https://archive.org/details/stagecrafthandbo0000iona/page/96 96]|url=https://archive.org/details/stagecrafthandbo0000iona|url-access=registration|year=1996|publisher=F+W Media |isbn=1-55870-404-3}}</ref>
In the first season of the original ''Star Trek'' television series, the exterior shots of "space" were created by gluing glitter onto black duvetyne.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cinefantastique|author=Clarke, Frederick S.|volume=23|year=1992}}</ref>
==See also== * Broadcloth * Monk's cloth * Melton (cloth) * Velour
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