Fabrics For Interiors

The definitive resource for anyone who works with textiles for interiors. The long-awaited 3rd Edition features updated content, a new hardcover design, and an engaging new format with easy-to-find information, full-colour graphics and charts, green design features, and much more With course adoptions, you will receive a complimentary Instructor's Guide. This guide includes: chapter synopses activity suggestions textile testing methods discussion questions exam questions

Fabrics provides designers with the information needed to make their fabric specifications easy, informed, and appropriate to the job at hand, considering aesthetics, performance, application, and green design. This thorough handbook by a textile professional describes and illustrates fibers and yarns, fabric structures, fabric design, dye and printing processes, finishes and treatments, styles and applications of cloth for furniture, window-, wall-, and floor coverings. Also covered are testing and flaws; the fabric industry, and professional practice.

When it comes to both the technical and aesthetic considerations of using textiles in interior design, this book gives working professionals what they need to know. You'll receive expert guidance to the process of textile specifications, selection, installation and maintenance, as well as an understanding of the properties of fabric types and a historical context of styles. Sustainable design and code issues are also considered. More than 500 illustrations and photographs elucidate key ideas. This survey of textiles for interior design is divided into three main parts: Fabrics: The interior design textile industry and marketplace. A study of fibers, yarns, constructions, and finishes. Codes and "green" design. Applications: Textile specifications and coordination of upholstery and wall coverings, window treatments, linens and accessories, and rugs and carpeting. Period Style: Oriental styles, Renaissance and Formal styles, Medieval, Colonial, Country and Provence styles, Regional and Ethnic styles, and Modern styles. Order your copy today!

This book provides an overview of the types of textiles used within the interior textile sector and key technological developments and safety issues affecting the industry. An understanding of these topics enables the designer or manufacturer to select the most appropriate fabrics for interior applications. The first group of chapters reviews types and selection of materials for interior textiles, including natural and synthetic fibres as well as knitted, woven and nonwoven fabrics. Further chapters review surface design of interior textiles and the use of textiles in carpets and floor coverings. The second part of the book discuses developments in such areas as joining furniture fabrics, the use of sustainable and recycled textiles in interior applications, using interior textiles to minimise indoor environmental pollution, flame retardant materials and innovative textiles for seating. Interior textiles: design and developments is an important text for manufacturers, designers and buyers of interior textiles as well as being a valuable resource for students and academics studying interior design and materials. Provides a comprehensive review of the type of textiles used within the interior textile sector Considers environmental issues in interior textiles assessing different types of sustainable and recycled textiles Explores the important issues of surface design and flammability testing

If you are serious about textiles and the built environment, this Third Edition is the one source to survey every aspect of textiles for residential and commercial interiors, from fiber to manufacturer, from its application to upholstered furniture, windows, walls, and floor coverings

"I adopt this text due to the strong applications within the fields of Interior Design and Architecture. It shows practical knowledge that students need upon graduation. It should be kept as reference for all new graduates." Victoria Runge, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA Learn how to select textiles for every type of residential and commercial interior. The book has the most current fiber and fabric information about household and institutional textiles, and commercial and residential textiles for upholstered furniture, windows, walls, and floorcoverings. More than 500 color line drawings and photographs illustrate fibers, yarns, fabrics, manufacturing equipment, coloring, finishings, and end products. Textiles for Residential and Commercial Interiors STUDIO-an online study tool! · Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips · Review vocabulary with flashcards