Natural fibres

The most used natural fibres in Eilersens textile collection are: Cotton, linen and wool. One or more of these fibres are in almost all our textiles. Each fibre has its own unique properties and will behave accordingly.

IMPORTANT

The below mentioned information is the fibres properties and should be used as a general guideline. Any textile contains one or more fibres can have different properties. It is therefore important to look at the textiles info sheet for further details.

Cotton

Cotton is perhaps the most used natural fibre in the entire textile industry and has been for ages. Cotton originates from plant material and can be made into a textile without too much altercation. Cotton is an all-round durable fibre which the properties also indicates.

Linen

Linen like cotton originates from a plant. Linen has through the time been used for multiple purposes and has always been perceived as a quality material. Linen is especially good as a furniture textile do to its ability to regulate body temperature and breathability. Unfortunately, linen is not resistant to contentious creasing and will overtime tear. Therefor a linen cover should be expected to be replaced more often.

Wool

Wool is the animal fiber with greatest importance. It originates from sheep and lamb and is basically the “hair” of the animal. Wool has a reputation for being itchy, this is mainly applied to wool of lesser quality, but is still subjective to the individual person. At Eilersen we focus on using ‘Virgin wool’ meaning that is originates from the lambs first shearing. This is regarded as some of the finest and softest wool available.