Fabrics
Subtitle: a guide for interior designers and architects
By: Marypaul Yates.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Textile fabrics; Interior decoration
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. AESTHETICS; title: Color; title: Light and Lighting; title: Texture; title: Pattern; title: Market Appropriateness; title: 2. SUSTAINABLE DESIGN; title: Green Manufacturing; title: Fabric Use Issues; title: Considerations for Specific Materials; title: 3. FIBERS AND YARNS; title: Natural Fibers; title: Man-Made Fibers; title: Yarn; title: 4. FABRIC STRUCTURE; title: Wovens; title: Knits; title: Embroideries; title: Quilted Fabrics; title: Bonded Fabrics; title: Casements and Laces; title: Nonwovens; title: Films and Vinyl; title: 5. FABRIC DESIGNS; title: Motifs and Effects; title: Layouts; title: 6. COLOR APPLICATION; title: Colorfastness and Color Matching; title: Dyeing; title: Printing; title: Other Printing and Dyeing Techniques; title: 7. FINISHING AND TREATMENT; title: Standard Finishes; title: Special Aesthetic Finishes; title: Functional Finishes; title: Backing and Lamination; title: 8. FABRIC APPLICATIONS; title: Seating; title: Windows; title: Walls; title: Panel Systems; title: Floors; title: Fabric and Fiber Art; title: 9. PERFORMANCE, TESTING, AND FLAWS; title: Durability; title: Flammability; title: Flaws and Defects; title: 10. THE FABRIC INDUSTRY; title: Designers' Sources; title: Fabric Manufacture; title: Worldwide Textile Sourcing; title: The Role of Fabric Designers; title: Custom Services; title: 11. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; title: Fabric Selection - -; title: Specification and Purchase-Order Writing; title: Costs and Budgets; title: Guidelines and Pitfalls.