Percale

What is Percale Fabric?

• Percale is a closely woven plain-weave fabric often used for bed covers.
• The normal kind of weave that is used for bedsheets is clearly different from percale, which has a thread count of roughly 200 or more and is substantially tighter.
• It is possible to weave it out of a variety of fibers, including cotton, polyester, and different mixtures of the two, and it is produced using carded and combed yarns.
• Traditional percale sheets have a crisscross design that consists of one thread going over and one thread going beneath. 
• To speak in terms of weaving terminology, there is one yarn in the warp and one yarn in the weft.

History 

• In the 18th century, the French word moris or mauris referred to the fabric known as percale, which was brought from India.
• It was a piece of cotton fabric. Following in the footsteps of longcloth and salampore as the third most popular fabric to be shipped from the Coromandel Coast was moris.
• It had a higher and more refined quality than the others of its kind.
• Nellore, Arni, Maduranthakam, and Cuddalore were the locations where moris was manufactured. The fabric was also known as painted chintz in Southeast Asian countries.
• In the 17th and 18th centuries, India served as the primary source of supply for percale, which was later produced in France.

What Makes it Stand Out

Applications & Usage 

• Used for beddings - bedsheets & pillow cover 

Care Instructions 

• Machine washable in cold or warm water on the wash cycle, or dry clean only, using common washing detergents without fabric softeners.
• Avoid using chlorine bleach since it breaks down fibers.
• Use a cold water rinse to clean. Use a second rinse cycle if available on your washing machine to remove any remaining soap residue.
• Our percale sheets may become scratchy if you use too much soap.
• You may tumble dry your sheets on the permanent press or low temperature setting, unless the label specifies otherwise.
• We strongly advise against using high temperatures.
• When the drying cycle is complete, quickly remove your luxury sheets and smooth them out while folding.
• While moist, you may press using a cotton or linen setting on the iron.

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