Get to know Chinese Carpet

Posted by ugfanfan on November 3rd, 2014

A carpet is a textile floor covering with cotton, linen, haired grass and other natural fiber or chemical synthetic fibers as its raw material and being tufted and weaved manually and mechanically. With a history of more than 2,000 years, the Chinese carpet is one of the famous traditional handcraft in China. The carpet was firstly appeared in the northwest plateau pastoral area, where people have a nomadic life. In order to adapt to the needs of life style, the local minorities weave the wool yarn into the colorful hassock, tapestry and carpet. Since the people of all the ethnic groups work together to create and spread it to the Middle East countries through the Silk Road, the technique of weaving carpet has become a remarkable ancient Chinese Carpet art gradually.

With the use of high strength veil cord as its warp and weft yarn and the constitution of a plush with the plunge of the colorful shag weft according to the pattern of the yarn, the Chinese carpet are produced after the process of shearing and brushing. The lint of the right side is solid, elasticity and good. The carpet produced in the Hotan area in Xinjiang is the most precious, which was reputed as the "Oriental rug". The carpet in the Xinjiang Hall of the Great Hall of the People weighs about 1,250 kilograms and is praised as “the king of the carpet”. In 1996, a cotton blanket with a length of about 2.51 meters and a width about 1.18 meters was unearthed form Lanxi, Zhenjiang Province. According to the appraisal, the carpet was found to be made with cotton plant fiber in South Song Dynasty (1127-1279). It is the earliest cotton blanket we found so far, which reflects that the woven technology at that time has reached a high level.

Carpet types

The Wool Carpet

The pure wool carpet made in China uses the sheep wool as its raw material, which has excellent durability and good elasticity. It is the best raw material for the woven carpet in the world. At present, some manufacturer blended the sheep wool with the wool fiber imported from New Zealand, which gives a full plat to the fine, luster and bright of the wool fiber, and obtained a good effect. The pure wool carpet is the senior decoration material for the ground of the superior room, hall and stage.

The Blended Carpet

The blend carpet is a ground decoration material with a mixture of wool fibers and various kinds of synthetic fiber. Since made with the mixture of synthetic fiber, the carpet is much cheaper than the pure wool one. Adding 20 percents of nylon fiver in the carpet can make the carpet good in grinding. The decorative performance is no worse than the pure wool carpet.

The Synthetic Fiber Carpet

The synthetic fiber carpet also called chemical fiber carpet, such as the polypropylene carpet and the nylon carpet. Polypropylene carpets are known to have good stain resistance but not against oil based agents. If a stain does set, it can be difficult to clean. It is low in price and is suitable for the building surface ground decoration generally.

The Plastic Carpet

The plastic carpet uses the mixture material of polyvinyl chloride, plasticizer and many other kinds of auxiliary material. It is soft, bright in color, comfortable and durable, which is suitable for the ground decoration of hotels, shopping malls, stage and housing, etc. Since its waterproofing, it can also be used in the bathroom for skidproof.

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