Did you know that everyday, unassuming cotton has been cultivated in many different parts of the world for more than 5,000 years and is used as a food as well as a fiber source? Cottonseed is used as a supplement for dairy feed and processed into oil. The use most of us associate with the plant is of course for the manufacturing of fabrics, ranging from heavy industrial to fine fabrics.
The word cotton is an English version of the Arabic qtun or kutun, a generic term meaning fancy fabric. But one of cotton's original popular names was vegetable wool.
Cotton seeds are tough enough to survive travel across oceans on the wind which may explain why similar varieties sometimes grow thousands of miles apart.
Amazingly, populations separated by oceans and never in contact still managed to develop similar tools to clean, prepare, spin and weave this cloud-like plant.
And finally, did you know that US paper currency isn't paper at all... it's a blend of 75% cotton lint and 25% linen?
At Bemz, we offer over 90 fabrics in various cotton textiles for 59 styles of sofa and chair. Learn more about fabrics through our Fabric Workshop.
Credit: The South Carolina Cotton Museum, CCGGA, Associated Content
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