Solapur Terry Towel is terry towel weaving or knitting work that are manufactured in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. These Terry Towels are offered in a variety of designs, sizes, and colours.
Solapur is well-known as “The Towel City of India” for its crafty terry towels, with wide ranges of colourful hand towels and bath towels being manufactured of extremely good quality. Solapur is also one of the most famous centers of cotton mills, handloom, and power loom industry and is known as the “Manchester of India” owing to its flourishing cotton textiles industry.
Solapur Terry Towel light in weight and easy to wash and dry has a unique design. Solapur Terry Towels are known for its excellent water absorbing properties, made from premium cotton yarn wove, this merchandise is apt for a post shower. The soft fabric pampers your skin and makes it dry rapidly.
The term "terry" derives from the French word "tirer," which means to draw out. This is a reference to the pile loops that were taken out by hand in order to manufacture absorbent traditional towelling.
To make towels, terry is the most used fabric, and it is more absorbent than a cotton towel due to the fabric's loops. It is made of uncut loops. Depending on the use of the towel, these loops' lengths vary.
In most cases, weaving techniques are used to create the terry structure, then the terry towels. The fabric has projecting loops that make it supple and more able to absorb moisture. The loops are tightly woven together and solidly built in materials of superior quality.
Terry Towels are manufactured using jacquard mechanism on rapier looms, hand looms or power looms. Solapur accounts for 70% of global demand for yarn dyed jacquard terry towels. Various types of dyes like reactive, vat and direct dyes are used for yarn dyeing of Terry Towels.
Terry Towels of Solapur is perhaps the only product in which the entire manufacturing process of dyeing, winding, warping, weaving, and finishing is done under one roof ensuring quality and lavishness, and is known for its good water absorbing properties.
GI Tag Registration Date : 19 September 2005
GI Tag Number : 9
Certificate Number : 7
Geographical Area : Maharashtra
Special Cover Release Date : 26 August 2021
Cancellation : Solapur 413 001
Type : GI Tag Cover
Cover Identification Number : MH/28/2021
The cover has a small replica of Solapur Terry Towel. 4000 Nos of covers are issued and each cover is numbered.
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