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Caring For
Your Bedding and Bath Towels
 The
sheer elegance of linens are timeless. The
crisp look and sensation of
cotton is unsurpassed. We have made these
available to you today! Here is some information on fabrics to keep
your bedding, bath towels and table covers
as fresh and brand new as they were on the day you made the
purchase. Enjoy your fine investment through the years ahead and let
us know about those particular pieces you cherish the most.
Caring for
your Bedding and Bath Towels
The sheer elegance of
linens are timeless. The crisp look and sensation of cotton is
unsurpassed. We have made these available to you today! Here is some
information on fabrics to keep your bedding and bath towels as fresh and brand new as they were on the day you made the
purchase. Enjoy your fine investment through the years ahead and let
us know about those particular pieces you cherish the most.
Linen
This fabric is made from flax, and is probably the first vegetable
fiber known. Linen fabric found in Egypt dates back to 5000 B.C.
Brought to Europe by the Romans, it became the chief European
textile of the Middle Ages. The French brought the art of working
flax to Ireland and that country is distinguished as the major
producer of fine linen today.
Cotton
This fabric is named for a shrubby plant (genus Gossypium), for the
fibers surrounding the seeds, and for the cloth woven from the spun
fibers. It has been spun, woven, and dyed since prehistoric times.
Used in Egypt, China, and India in ancient times, cotton has long
played a significant role in world industry. Britain's need for
imported cotton dictated much of its sea-domination policy as an
imperial nation, and in the U.S., cotton was a principal economic
cause of the Civil War.
The Brand New
Purchase
Home
laundering is recommended for all of our fabrics, except where dry
cleaning is indicated. We recommend:
Pre-wash all linens before use
Wash linens
separately from anything else, particularly items that contain
polyester.
Select a
gentle laundry detergent. Products with bluing agents, or
whiteners are not recommended for colored linens, as they may
progressively fade the colors.
Consider the
longstanding French tradition to ensure the longevity of
bedding; rotate your sheets ¾ with a set in the closet, a set on
the bed, and a set in the wash. This ensures consistent wear
on all sets.
Polyester
"pills," and will shed its residue on natural fibers,
diminishing the smoothness and softness of the fabric. In addition,
garments with buttons or zippers can damage delicate linens in the
wash.
Machine Wash
Bedding
Allow your
washing machine to fill up and begin agitating before you add
detergent or bleach. Unless your linens are extremely soiled,
use half the commercial detergent recommended; this will reduce
damage to fibers and clean your linens just as well.
Bedding
should be separated into light or dark colors.
Avoid overloading
the machine to prevent breaking long fibers like those in Egyptian
cotton.
Whether cotton,
pure linen, or a cotton/linen blend, bedding should be washed in
warm water using a gentle laundering agent, with a final cold
rinse.
If presoaking is
necessary, it should be in cold water.
Remove washed
bedding promptly from the machine; this helps reduce wrinkling.
Shaking damp linens out before drying (at low heat) will also
reduce wrinkles and quicken the drying time.
Bath Linens
Launder
towels in warm water and a gentle detergent. Wash terry towels
before use to begin the "breaking in" process. Several
washings are usually required for 100% cotton terry towels before
they achieve their maximum absorbency, softness and fluff. It is
particularly important with towels that you not use fabric
softener, because it decreases the absorbency of the towel.
Shrinkage
Shrinkage
will occur with all linens made of natural fibers, the amount of
shrinkage ranging from 4 to 10 percent, depending on the fibers
used. The sizing of our products allows for expected
shrinkage. Linens washed in hot water or dried at hot
temperatures will shrink excessively. Preshrunk items,
such as woven table linens or honeycomb towels, normally shrink 3
percent or less. Generally, very large pieces of fabric or
very high thread count linens are not preshrunk.
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