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MATTING , a See also:general See also:term embracing many coarse See also:woven or plaited fibrous materials used for covering floors or See also:furniture, for See also:hanging as screens, for wrapping up heavy merchandise and for other See also:miscellaneous purposes. In the See also:United See also:Kingdom, under the name of " See also:coir " matting, a large amount of a coarse See also:kind of See also:carpet is made from coco-See also:nut fibre; and the same material, as well as strips of See also:cane, See also:Manila See also:hemp, various See also:grasses and rushes, is largely employed in various forms for making See also:door mats. Large quantities of the coco-nut fibre are woven in heavy looms, then cut up into various sizes, and finally See also:bound See also:round the edges by a kind of rope made from the same material. The mats may be of one See also:colour only, or they may be made of different See also:colours and in different designs. Sometimes the names of institutions are introduced into the mats. Another type of See also:mat is made exclusively from the above-mentioned rope by arranging alternate layers in sinuous and straight paths, and then stitching the parts together. It is also largely used for the See also:outer covering of See also:ships' fenders. Perforated and otherwise prepared See also:rubber, as well as See also:wire-woven material, are also largely utilized for door and See also:floor mats. Matting of various kinds is very extensively employed throughout See also:India for floor coverings, the bottoms of bedsteads, fans and See also:fly-flaps, &c.; and a considerable export See also:trade in such manufactures is carried on. The materials used are numerous; but the See also:principal substances are See also:straw, the bulrushes Typha elephantina and T. angustifolia, leaves of the date See also:palm (See also:Phoenix sylvestris), of the See also:dwarf palm (Chamaerops Ritchiana), of the See also:Palmyra palm (Borassus flabelliformis), of the coco-nut palm (Cocos nucifera)andof the See also:screw See also:pine (Pandanus 'odoratissimus), the munja or munj grass (Saccharum Munja) and allied grasses, and the mat grasses Cyperus textilis and C. Pangorei, from the last of which the well-known See also:Palghat mats of the See also:Madras See also:Presidency are made. Many of these See also:Indian grass-mats are admirable examples of elegant See also:design, and the colour's in which they are woven are See also:rich, harmonious and effective in the highest degree. Several -useful See also:household articles are made from the different kinds of grasses. The grasses are dyed in all shades and plaited to See also:form attractive designs suitable for the purposes to which they are to be applied. This class of See also:work obtains in India, See also:Japan and other Eastern countries. Vast quantities of coarse matting used for packing furniture, heavy and coarse goods, See also:flax and other See also:plants, &c., are made in See also:Russia from the bast or inner bark of the See also:lime See also:tree. This See also:industry centres in the See also:great See also:forest governments of Viatka, Nizhniy-See also:Novgorod, See also:Kostroma, Kazan, See also:Perm and See also:Simbirsk. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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