Fabrics
A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects
19 June 2002
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
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.
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.
Reviews
"A worthy addition to an interior designer’s or decorator’s library…will intrigue the reader who wants to learn about [the] field." — Julie Dillon, Houses: The Residential Architecture Magazine
"Essential for anyone interested in cloth, particularly those who work with it professionally." — Sydney Morning Herald