A pleatable textile object consisting of fibres produced by a meltblown spinning process, comprising fibres of a first fibre type which consist, formed of a first polymer, and fibres of a second fibre type which consist, formed of a second polymer, wherein an average of the fibre diameter of the first fibre type is larger than 10 and an average diameter of the fibres of the first fibre type is greater than an average diameter of the fibres of the second fibre type, and, at least in a partial volume of the textile object, proportions of the fibres of the first fibre type and of the fibres of the second fibre type show a gradient over a cross section of the textile object, wherein at least some of at least one the fibres of the first and of the second fibre type are electrostatically charged, wherein the textile object is suitable for manufacturing filters with a quality factor in excess of 0.2.