Balzarine

Balzarine (Balzorine) was a cotton and worsted fabric of the 19th century. It was a lightweight union cloth made of cotton and wool. 
Characteristics and use.
Balzarine was a thin and light woven texture meant for summer dresses for women. The cloth was produced as figured gauze on a Jaquard loom. The figured cloth was also called Balzarine brocade.
Mourning cloth.
Balzarine was also noted in clothes for mourning. The "crape Balzarine" was advertised by a Mourning warehouse as a new entrant. 