Mudar Fibre

Mudar Fibre
MUDAR FIBRE, or FLOSS
Strong and silky seed hair grown on the giant Asclepias in India. The best fibre is stronger than cotton, hemp or jute, but is mostly used for stuffing pillows. In Madras the natives make a soft thread from it, also ropes when mixed with cotton. About the middle of the 19th century a London firm made a flannel-like fabric of Mudar, and in 1856 carpets were made in Shadpur jail, in the Punjab. About 20 per cent of cotton was added to the Mudar in these attempts (see Calotropis gigantea.)

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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