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Mohair Brief Introduction:
The Angora Goat, an enchanting
animal, is one of the oldest surviving animals known to man. Mohair,
the fleece of Angora Goat, is famous for its softness, brilliance
and receptiveness to rich dyes. The history of Angora Goats should
traceable to ancient times. It is said that Angora Goats originated
in the mountains of Tibet. As long ago as the 13th centuries, Angora
Goats were driven from Turkestan to Ankara of Turkey. The Angora Goat
is named after Angora in Turkey, better known today as Ankara, the
capital city. Here the Angora Goats settled, climate being favorable,
air and water pure, and conditions perfect for breeding and growing
an excellent fleece. The Angoran people attributed the beauty of the
fleece (Mohair) not to climatic conditions, but to the power of the
Hadji Bayram Veli, a holy man and weaved the fleece into silk-like
cloth to be worn by Sultans.
This spiral horned goat, and the versatility
and beauty of Mohair were later discovered by a Dutchman in 1550,and
demand generated the first Mohair industry. Spun Mohair continued
to supply the foreign market, finally filtering into Britain around
1600, when the superior quality of European Yarns quelled demand for
Turkish, and looms began to disappear.
Spasmodic attempts to export the goat were
doomed to failure. Having successfully made incredible journeys over
barren lands from Tibet, the Angora Goat defied all efforts of man
to transport it abroad.
-1740. Attempts were made to take Angora Goat
to Sweden without success.
-1771.The people of the Pfalz region attempted
to farm it, again in vain.
-1778. In Venice, the same disappointment.
In the English worsted industry, Mohair's
durability and crease resistance were becoming known, but they attempts
to introduce the goat to England finally failed.
In1830, Angora Goat reached South Africa,
only one doe and one kid.Thirty Angoras followed, and in 1856 South
Africa became an important supplier of high quality Mohair due to
highly selective breeding.
Today, South Africa and Turkey, including
Texas of U.S., is also highly productive in Mohair. Thus the Angora
Goat settled in places few and far between, such as Texas, Turkey,
South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Argentina: some are also bred successfully
in Australia and New Zealand and a very few in England.
TYPE:
As per the growing places,
Cape and Texas.
As per the quality, baby, young and adult.
Different places, different quality
QUALITY:
The word "Mohair"
is derived from the ancient Arabic word "Mukhaya" meaning
"cloth of bright goats hair". This fine animal, whose lustrous,
long silky fleece revered by kings and Sultans, the subject of admiration
of many, for thousands of years, captures the imagination of fashion
designers, manufacturers and interior decorators all over the world.
A rare and luxurious fiber, once zealously
guarded by the Sultan of Turkey, it is unrivalled for its beauty,
its silky texture, and last but not least, its durability.
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