living room textiles for fashion studies

1. LIVING ROOM
TEXTILES

2. Curtains
Throws and Blankets
Rugs and Carpets
Cushions
Upholstery
Table clothes
lampshade
Types of Living Room Textiles

3. CURTAINS
 Curtains are the most popular and common
window treatment used in living room. They
come in several different styles, colors, and
patterns that offer many options as well as
function.
 Typically, curtains are made of lighter weight
fabric and sold in packages containing two
panels.
 They are made to hang from a curtain rod or
rings attached to a rod, which is installed just
above the window frame.

4. Examples of curtain
designs

5. Drapes
Sheers
Valances
Types of Curtains

6. DRAPES
 Drapes are sold in
panels of fabric with
many different
lengths, colors, and
patterns but are
normally made of
heavier fabric, lined,
pleated and hung
on a traverse rod
with a string so you
can easily open and
close them.

7. SHEERS
 Sheers are typically
used with curtains and
drapes for added
decoration and don’t
offer much privacy or
shade from the sun.
 The low cost of many
types of these panels
allows the smart
decorator to have the
option of changing
them frequently.

8. VALANCES
 Valances are
decorative top
treatments used with
drapes, curtains, or
shades for added
decoration and to
conceal the mounting
hardware. Valances
are swathes of fabric
draped around the top
of a window frame that
can be pleated, arched,
gathered or flat,
straight or shaped, and
mounted on dust
boards, poles or rods.

9. Throws and blankets

10. THROWS
 Whether draped over
shoulders or the arm
of a sofa, blankets
and throws may just
be the easiest way to
add warmth to the
living room. Throws
are for adding color
or texture or an
invitation to snuggle.
They can instantly
update an old
armchair to give a
whole new feeling to
a room.

11. BLANKETS
 A large piece of woolen
or similar material used
as a covering intended
to keep the user warm,
especially while lying
down in a living room.
 Types of blankets are
woven acrylic, knitted
polyester, fur, cotton,
fleece and
wool. Blankets also
come with exotic
crafting and exotic
material such as
crocheted afghan or a
silk covering.

12. Both are floor coverings with the only
difference in size. Rugs are smaller than
carpets.
Rugs and Carpets

13. RUGS
 Rugs do not usually
exceed the length of 2
cm. They may be used
as centerpiece flooring or
hung on wall. They may
be used as foot rugs sofa
or table décor.
 The style of the rug
varies with the purpose
Hand Knotted rugs may
have intricate patterns of
traditional Persian style
or more contemporary
types but have a rather
fine finish.
 Types of rugs- Tufted
rugs, Synthetic rugs,
Hair-on-hide rugs, cotton
rugs, woolen rugs,

14. CARPETS
 Anything larger than
2m is termed as
carpets. They are
primarily used as
floor coverings. They
accentuate the theme
of the living room.
 They may be hand
knotted, tufted,
machine made or felt
wool. The hand
knotted may have
intricate or
geometrical pattern.
Machine made plain
or with an overall

15. A cushion is a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed
with wool, hair, feathers, polyester staple fiber, non-
woven material. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or
to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch.
Decorative cushions often have a patterned cover material,
and are used as decoration for furniture.
cushions

16. CUSHIONS
 Customarily, thin layers or
sheets of foam are placed
on the suspension system
and covered by either the
main decorative fabric or by
a less expensive non-
visible platform or lining
cloth to reduce wear on
reversible cushions.
 A platform is formed for the
seat, back and arm ‘sitting’
surfaces of the sofa,
according to the design,
onto which separate
upholstered cushions are
placed
 There are three main types
of cushion interior – foam,
feather or polyester fiber.

17. Upholstery is the work of providing furniture,
with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric.
The word upholstery comes from the Middle
English word upholder, which referred to a
tradesman who held up his goods.
UPHOLSTERY

18. UPHOLSTERY
 Traditional upholstery is
a craft which evolved
over centuries for
padding and
covering chairs, seats
and sofas, before the
development of sewing
machines synthetic
fabrics and plastic
foam.
 Using a solid wood or
webbed platform, it can
involve the use
of springs, lashings,
stuffing's of animal hair,
grasses and coir,
wools, hessians,
scrims, bridle ties,
stuffing ties, blind
stitching, top stitching,
flocks and wadding all

19. A tablecloth is a cloth used to cover a table. Some are
mainly ornamental coverings, which may also help protect the
table from scratches and stains. Other tablecloths are
designed to be spread on a dining table before laying
out tableware and food.
TABLE CLOTH

20. TABLE CLOTH
 Ornamental tablecloths can
be made of almost any
material, including delicate
fabrics like embroidered silk.
Some cloths are designed as
part of an overall table
setting, with
coordinating napkins, placem
ats, or other decorative
pieces. Special kinds of
tablecloth include runners
which overhang the table at
two ends only and table
protectors to provide a
padded layer under a normal
cloth.

21. Living room furnishings add life to your dull living
room.
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