Interior Textiles: Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style

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John Wiley & Sons, Jul 10, 2007 - Architecture - 512 pages
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.

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Contents

The Textiles Industry Profession and Careers
3
Sustainable Interior Textiles
23
Natural and Manufactured Fibers
35
Yarns and Fabric Construction
63
Coloring and Finishing
89
TEXTILE APPLICATIONS 109 Chapter 6 Textile Specifications Testing and Labeling
111
Textile Aesthetics
135
Upholstered Furniture and Slipcovers
143
Broadloom Carpeting
239
Hand and MachineMade Area Rugs
265
PERIOD STYLES Chapter 14 Oriental Styles
289
Formal Traditional Styles
307
Medieval Colonial and Country Styles
363
Regional and Thematic Styles
389
Modern Styles
409
Appendix
445

Textile Wallcoverings
167
Window Treatments
181
Chapter 11
215
Bibliography
449
Index
455
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Interior Textiles: Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style
Karla J. Nielson
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About the author (2007)

KARLA J. NIELSON is Assistant Professor of Design at Brigham Young University. Ms. Nielson has thirty-five years of experience teaching interior design and owned an interior textile business. She is the recipient of the Industry Achievement Award from the Window Coverings Association of America for her book Window Treatments, published by Wiley, and is the author of the bestselling Interiors: An Introduction.

Bibliographic information

TitleInterior Textiles: Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style
Wiley Desktop Editions
AuthorKarla J. Nielson
Editionillustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2007
ISBN0471606405, 9780471606406
Length512 pages
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