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Burlap

Burlap redirects here, for other uses see Burlap (disambiguation)
Burlap (disambiguation)

Burlap is a dense woven fabric.It may also refer to:* Burlap, India, a city in India* The...
Hessian or burlap (chiefly US) is a coarse woven fabric

Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
usually made from jute

Jute

Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, family Tiliaceae....
fibers and allied vegetable fibers.

The name 'burlap' appears to be of unknown origin. The name 'hessian' is attributed to the use of the fabric, initially, as part of the uniform of soldiers from the German state of Hesse

Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
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ian was first exported from India in the early 19th century.

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Burlap redirects here, for other uses see Burlap (disambiguation)
Burlap (disambiguation)

Burlap is a dense woven fabric.It may also refer to:* Burlap, India, a city in India* The...

Hessian or burlap (chiefly US) is a coarse woven fabric

Textile

Jute

Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
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History

Hessian was first exported from India in the early 19th century. It was traditionally used as backing for linoleum, rugs, and carpet.

Uses

Hessian/Burlap is often used to make sacks and bag

Bag

A bag is a non-Stiffness or semi-rigid container, made of paper, cloth, plastic, leather, or some other flexible material.A bag is used for packaging and/or carrying items....
s to ship goods like coffee bean

Coffee bean

A coffee bean is the seed of the Coffea . The fruits, coffee cherries or coffee berries, most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together....
s. It is breathable and thus resists condensation and associated spoilage of the contents. It is also durable enough to withstand rough handling in transit; these properties have also led to its use for temporary protection of setting cement

Cement

In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together....
and concrete

Concrete

Concrete is a construction material composed of cement as well as other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, construction aggregate , water , and Chemistry admixtures....
by the construction industry.

Due to its coarse texture, it is not commonly used in modern apparel. However this roughness gave it a use in a religious context for mortification of the flesh
Mortification of the flesh

Mortification of the flesh literally means "putting the flesh to death". The term is primarily used in religious and spiritual contexts. The institutional and traditional terminology of this practice in Catholicism is corporal mortification....
, where individuals may wear an abrasive shirt called a cilice

Cilice

A cilice was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair used in some religious traditions to induce some degree of discomfort or pain as a sign of repentance and atonement....
or 'hairshirt' and in the wearing of sackcloth on Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

In the Western Christianity calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the Computus; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10....
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Owing to its durability, open weave, naturally non-shiny refraction, and fuzzy texture, Ghillie suit

Ghillie suit

A ghillie suit, or yowie suit, is a type of camouflage clothing designed to resemble heavy foliage. Typically, it is a net or cloth garment covered in loose strips of cloth or twine, sometimes even made to look like leaves and twigs....
s are often made of hessian. It was also a popular material for camouflage

Camouflage

Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain invisibility through deception....
scrim on combat helmets of World War Two. Until the advent of the plastic "leafy" multi-color net system following the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
, burlap scrim was also woven onto shrimp and fish netting to create large military camouflage

Camouflage

Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain invisibility through deception....
netting.

As Hessian, it has been used by fine artists as an alternative to canvas as a stretched painting surface.