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Cotton is a vegetable fiber derived from agricultural cultivation. It is used
most commonly in the foundation of the rug rather than its pile or
flatwoven facing. Cotton yarns are stronger and less elastic than those of
wool, and weavers can maintain an even tension more easily with cotton
yarns. When used for the rug foundation, it makes it easier to produce a
straight-sided, evenly-proportioned, tightly-woven rug, and that is why
urban and court weavers with high standards of technical precision long ago
adopted cotton as the main material for the foundation of the rug. Cotton
can, however, be used for the pile or flatwoven facing of rugs. This is done
to get an extremely bright white color, since cotton will do this better
than wool.
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Cotton yarns are stronger and less elastic than those of
wool, and weavers can maintain an even tension more easily with cotton
yarns. When used for the rug foundation, it makes it easier to produce a
straight-sided, evenly-proportioned, tightly-woven rug, and that is why
urban and court weavers with high standards of technical precision long ago
adopted cotton as the main material for the foundation of the rug. Cotton
can, however, be used for the pile or flatwoven facing of rugs. This is done
to get an extremely bright white color, since cotton will do this better
than wool.
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