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Cotton is a vegetable fiber derived from agricultural cultivation. It is used most commonly in the foundation of the rug rather than its pile or flatwoven facing. Cotton yarns are stronger and less elastic than those of wool, and weavers can maintain an even tension more easily with cotton yarns. When used for the rug foundation, it makes it easier to produce a straight-sided, evenly-proportioned, tightly-woven rug, and that is why urban and court weavers with high standards of technical precision long ago adopted cotton as the main material for the foundation of the rug. Cotton can, however, be used for the pile or flatwoven facing of rugs. This is done to get an extremely bright white color, since cotton will do this better than wool.
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Cotton yarns are stronger and less elastic than those of wool, and weavers can maintain an even tension more easily with cotton yarns. When used for the rug foundation, it makes it easier to produce a straight-sided, evenly-proportioned, tightly-woven rug, and that is why urban and court weavers with high standards of technical precision long ago adopted cotton as the main material for the foundation of the rug. Cotton can, however, be used for the pile or flatwoven facing of rugs. This is done to get an extremely bright white color, since cotton will do this better than wool.
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