Velvet Profile

Velvet, also known as Zhangzhou velvet, originated in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China, is a velvet warp on the surface of the fabric to form a velvet or fluffy. Ming Dynasty has been a large number of production, is the Chinese traditional fabric, there are flower velvet and plain velvet two types, flower velvet is part of the velvet circle according to the pattern cut into the pile, the pile and the pile circle alternated to form a pattern, plain velvet surface is all velvet circle. The velvet pile or pile ring is tight, with luster, wear-resistant, not easy to fade and other characteristics, can be used in clothing, bedding and other fabrics.

Velvet fabrics are made of cocoon A raw silk, silk is also used as warp, cotton yarn is weft interwoven, and silk or rayon velvet is raised. Warp and weft silk are first degummed or semi-degummed, dyed, twisted and woven.

According to different uses, different raw materials can be used for weaving, in addition to the silk and rayon mentioned earlier, it can also be woven with different raw materials such as cotton, eyeball, viscose silk, polyester and nylon. So velvet fabric is not really made of velvet, but its feel and texture are smooth and shiny like velvet.