We
are suppliers of chilean linen fabrics and textiles.There are
different kinds of linen in the market. Now a days, linen textiles
are not only fabricated with pure threads. You can find a vast
range of blends with rayon, that enables the production of good
quality stamped fabrics. Also blended with cotton it is possible
to have nice stamped drapery. The pure natural linen textiles
are used to produce decorative articles.
Linen has being used
for more than 10,000 years, and surely is the oldest fiber
utilized by mankind. It is produced from fibers of the flax
plant. The egyptians used this fabric widely to cover their
mummies and also to manufacture sandals. A wide variety of
linen objects and artifacts have being found in old egyptian
tombs.
Phoenicians used linen to fabricate their sailing canvas.
The famous Shroud of Turin is a raw linen fabric in wich Christ
was covered after his death.
Old knitted fabrics of the sixteenth century were manufactured
with hand smooth fine linen fibers. In order that fibers could
stay soft while knitting them, the work was done in dark damp
rooms. Only candle lights were admitted in those rooms so as
to avoid the fabric discoloration.
