Abstract: An unsupported leather or textile substitute in the form of a cellular porous unsupported sheets having:A. a thickness of 1 to 3 mm;B. a density of 0.25 to 0.60 g/cm.sup.3 ;C. an average cell diameter size of 60 to 200 microns;D. a tensile strength between 10 and 60 kg/cm.sup.2 ;E. a tear propagation strength between 4 and 10 kg/cm;F. a flexibility of 10 to 100 g . cmG. a water vapor permeability of 20 to 200 mg/1000 mm.sup.2.day;H. a scratch resistance with 0.8 kg load of at least 40 strokes.

Abstract: A textile floor covering consisting of a textile layer, to the carrier layer of which the pile has been applied, and a bottom of thermoplastic foam, wherein the textile layer is directly connected with a thermoplastic foamed sheeting of polymerizates as a bottom, the polymerizates being selected from a group consisting of ethylene polymerizate, ethylene vinylacetate copolymerizate, and a mixture of ethylene polymerizate and ethylene vinylacetate copolymerizate, the foamed sheeting having a thickness of between 1.5 and 10 mm and a density of 0.10 to 0.40 g/cm.sup.3, preferably from 0.15 to 0.20 g/cm.sup.3.A method for producing a textile floor covering consisting of a textile layer, to the carrier layer of which the pile has been applied, and a bottom of thermoplastic foam, wherein the textile layer is applied directly to a foamed sheeting of polymerizates, as defined above, by means of thermolaminating, welding, sewing or stitch-bonding.