Plate No. 143fabric
An ultra-fine, dense, intensely absorbent synthetic weave.
- First documented
- 1970s
- Origin
- Japan, Japan
- Fiber
- polyester, polyamide
- Weave
- woven or knitted from ultra-fine synthetic filament
- Family
- manufactured
Plate No. 143 · fabric
Microfiber
Microfiber is cloth spun from synthetic filaments finer than one denier, thinner than silk and a fraction of the width of a human hair, usually polyester or a polyester-polyamide blend. The extreme fineness packs enormous surface area and countless tiny channels into the cloth, which makes it soft, lightweight, and intensely absorbent and grabby: the same property that makes a microfiber cleaning cloth lift dust and a microfiber towel dry fast. Pioneered in Japan in the 1970s, it spans cleaning cloths, sportswear, upholstery, and synthetic suede.
Named for
From micro, very small, and fiber: filaments finer than one denier, thinner than a strand of silk.
Sources & References
- 1.Microfiber, Wikipedia
- 2.Polyester, Wikipedia