Caffoy

The entire Oxford English Dictionary entry is "Caffoy, cafoy, cuffoye: Obsolete.1. Some kind of fabric, imported in the 18th cent." Caffoy was originally a silk fabric in the 16th century that was later made and used with other fiber types. For example, painted cotton was made in Bengal, India. The Caffoy made in Norwich, was patterned with piled wool to resemble silk furnishing materials such as damask and velvet fabrics. According to records, fabric was also used in the 18th century. rdf:langString