INTRODUCTION: The urban life has become very congested and the only place of rest is home which is normally indicated by the flats and hence the importance of the interior of our homes increases geometrically. Interior environment can be defined as the total of interior spaces and their furnishings. More important than the function or comfort of furnishings, or their maintenance, is their effect on our psyche: are we comfortable in a space, with a sense of well-being ? The real question is: are these furnished spaces conducive to work and play? As furniture will be mass-produced with a modular simplicity and conformity, it won't be the prime contributor in differentiating spaces. It will be the fabrics, all of them, the wall and floor coverings as well as window and furniture fabrics. Fabric controls mood, sets style, indicates taste; it is what is seen and is the most maneuverable of props, the most easily changed, replaced, or added. Fabric affords sun and light control. It protects interior color from fading, and furnishings from deterioration through sunlight. Fabrics can increase livability or work ability of a small space, reduce noise, and make music and even speech richer and more resonant. Most importantly, furnishings must make neutral, impersonal spaces particular and personal. The fabrics being the prime contributors must provide the texture, color, character and scale, and anything that is missing in the architecture. Fabric is the interior designer's pharmacy, rich with cures for every complaint. So what is the role of the textile technologist in this? The answer is to provide the interior designers a sky in which they can fly their imagination to the maximum. Give the consumer the choice to be the King by providing the options that he rightly deserves; to live in harmony with his personal space according to his psyche for not just living but living in tranquility!!!!!
ROLE OF FABRICS IN INTERIOR FURNISHING: A fabric plays an important role for home textiles like:
Fabric protects interior color from fading and furnishing from deterioration from sunlight. It protects from sun glare, and it lends protection from night blackness at evening and from too early sun in the morning. Fabrics lends privacy to any degree that is needed, It shields people from droughts or heat and reduces heat loss in winter. It can make a summer room cooler and reduce an air conditioning load in the summer. Fabric increases livability and work ability of a small place, reduce noise, make music and even speech richer and more resonant of all acoustic materials, and sound engineers find no material that is equal.
FIXED UPHOLSTERY: - This term refers to any upholstery fabric that is stapled, tacked, glued or other frame and covers a reliant or hard substrate. Abrasion resistance is 25,000 rubs, acrylic fiber velvets are used because of excellent brightness and appearance. An important fashion trend in fixed domestic upholstery fabrics during the period under review has been that of heavily textured fabrics. Texture is usually achieved by the use of fancy of buckle type, which is used as weft across non-textured warp. Initially buckle is of rayon and nylon, recently pp is popular.
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