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Oriental area rugs are made of mercerized cotton. Mercerized cotton can contain as many as 5,000 separate cotton fibers, each fiber growing from a tiny seed and formed as a hollow cylindrical sheath of as many as thirty layers of almost pure cellulose. Oriental area rugs cotton fiber is mercerized by being stretched under controlled tension at room temperature while being treated with a 21%-23% solution of caustic soda. The effect is to swell the fiber and make oriental area rugs’ surface much more reflective, thus dramatically increasing its luster. After the chemical treatment, oriental area rugs are often singed to remove whatever small amount of fuzz remains on the surface of the fibers. Sometimes Oriental area rugs are calendared by being passed between heated rollers. The effect is to increase the luster and sheen of Oriental area rugs’ fiber still more. The cotton plays the main role on importance in the industry of Oriental rugs, but it is used not for reception of pile, and as a material cloth bases . The cotton distinguished by stability of the form and high durability on a stretching has well recommended itself as a basis for deduction Oriental area rugs’ knots. Today the cotton is part some Oriental area rugs’ pile usually in mercerized form. | ||||||
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