Grass cloth explained
Grass cloth (China grass cloth,) is an umbrella term for many handloom cloths made with yarns from several vegetable fibers such as hemp, ramie, nettle fiber, flax, etc. Grass cloth has its origin in East Asia.[1] [2] The cloth is more associated with the cottage industry in China.[1] [3] [4]
It is also known as "Canton linen" and "Japanese grass cloth"[5]
Weave
Grass cloth is a loose weave structure with a plain weave.
Texture
Grass cloth has a soft texture and fine enough to compare with French cambric.[6] China grass cloth made with Chines ma, a species of canabbis hemp, is very lightweight and appears like linen.[7]
Use
Grass cloth used for various usages such as tablecloths, sportswear, and blouses.
See also
Notes and References
- Chinese grass-cloth weaving industry. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 72. 398. 1924. Grass cloth, known to the Chinese as "hsia pu", or summer cloth, and classified by foreigners as Chinese linen, is a special product of ... The cloth is woven from hemp, ramie, pineapple fibre, or from a mixture of these and the bark of hemp..
- Book: Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. 1959. New York, Fairchild Publications. Internet Archive. 251.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=y0waAAAAYAAJ&dq=grass+cloth&pg=PA286 Commercial Handbook of China ... - Page 286books.google.co.in › books
- Book: Royle, John Forbes. The Fibrous Plants of India: Fitted for Cordage, Clothing, and Paper. With an Account of the Cultivation and Preparation of Flax, Hemp, and Their Substitutes. 1855. Smith, Elder, and Company. 350. en.
- Book: Denny, Grace Goldena. Fabrics. 1953. Lippincott. 47. en.
- Book: Hunter, Robert. The encyclopædic dictionary. 7 vols. [in 14].]. 1884. 49. en.
- Book: Knight, Edward Henry. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments, Machines, Processes, and Engineering; History of Inventions; General Technological Vocabulary; and Digest of Mechanical Appliances in Science and the Arts. 1880. Houghton, Osgood. 1012. en.
