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Tat Patti
Tat Patti ( Tat pati) is an indigenous floor cover of narrow width made of coarse Jute. It was produced in Punjab region. Tat patti was utilized as seating for students in government schools and provided to inmates in jail as well. It is still in use in rural India. History Tat Patti is made since the times of Mughals; a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier mentions Tat made of Jute in his travel history to India. Product Tat Patti is a handloom product of carpet weaving, and it is a narrow width carpet of Jute or hemp, similar to a long narrow mat, rug, or cheap coarse carpet. The texture of the cloth is similar to a gunny sack used for bagging. Tat weaving was also present in parts of Gujarat. Carpet weavers were stitching pieces together after weaving them in small pieces. (The sizes were 9 yards X 8 inches). Manufacturing Manufacturing Tat Patti was common in villages and rural Punjab. Tat weaving was one of the crafts in Punjab jails. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jute
Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', which is in the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ''Corchorus olitorius'', but such fiber is considered inferior to that derived from ''Corchorus capsularis''. "Jute" is the name of the plant or fiber used to make burlap, hessian, or gunny cloth. Jute is one of the most affordable natural fibers and second only to cotton in the amount produced and variety of uses. Jute fibers are composed primarily of plant materials cellulose and lignin. Jute fiber falls into the bast fiber category (fiber collected from bast, the phloem of the plant, sometimes called the "skin") along with kenaf, industrial hemp, flax ( linen), ramie, etc. The industrial term for jute fiber is ''raw jute''. The fibers are off-white to brown and 1–4 meters (3–13 feet) long. Jute is also called the "golden fiber" for its color an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
