satin

smooth, lustrous silk fabric woven with floating yarns in the warp in many variations: crepe-back (when woven with a crepe back), panne (finished to be stiff in texture), antique (finished with a dull nubbed surface and a satin back). may now be made of silk, rayon, acetate, nylon, or combinations of these yarns. name derived from Zaytoun (Canton) Province in China, from which satin fabrics were originally shipped