Materials of Decoration 2: February 2017

SOFT WINDOW TREATMENTS

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DRAPERIES

- is a general word referring to cloths or textiles (Old French draperie, from Late Latin drappus). It may refer to cloth used for decorative purposes – such as around windows – or to the trade of retailing cloth, originally mostly for clothing, formerly conducted by drapers.

a) Overdrapes – Stationary draperies used on either side of the window with other window treatments between them.

: one of a pair of draperies especially of heavy fabric that are usually hung over sheer curtains and are primarily for decoration

Draw draperies – pleated panels that can be pulled across the window. Uses a traverse rod, master carrier, and pull cords. They operate or draw by opening and closing with a cord by hand. Generally hung straight to the floor and tied back

OTHER SAMPLES:

Arched Valance: A valance treatment that is arched along the lower edge.

Austrian Shade: A fabric window covering with soft draping scallops which run the length of the shade. They move up and down by a series of cords threaded through rings.

Balloon Shades: Fabric shades with deep inverted pleats that fall into airy, rounded poufs at the bottom.

Bishop's Sleeve Curtains: Extra long curtain panels that are cinched up gathered up and over the cinched area.

Box Pleats: Deep, inverted, tailored pleats which are flat on the right side of the drapery to create a classical boxy look.

Butterfly Pleats : A pleat with two, rather than three, folds to distinguish it from the basic pinch pleat.

Cafe Curtains: A window treatment that covers only the bottom half of a window. A cafe rod is most often hung at the halfway point of the window, at sash level.

Cascades: Side panels, usually pleated, which flank swags. They can be long or short.

CURTAINS

A hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy,etc. They are generally shirred or smocked or have headings attached to rods. They can also be pleated and hung on a rod with the use of hooks. Curtains are usually a term for informal window treatments such as café curtains.

TIERS

Tier curtains are one of the most basic kinds of curtains. A tier curtain is hung in the middle of the window opening and falls to the window sill. A top treatment is usually added to complete the look. Within this simple definition, just about any combination of half-length curtain with or without top treatment can be called tier curtains.Tier curtains are often called cafe curtains, or tier cafe curtains.

STRETCH OR SASH

Sometimes known as brise-bise,French term roughly translated as “wind screen”. Curtain is gathered and hung with two rods. It is usually installed in casement windows or French Doors.

HOURGLASS CURTAIN

A flowing sheer curtain covering the glass on a door can be a nuisance as it tends to get caught when the door is used. Adding a second rod at the lower edge solves this problem but when it is tied in the centre with a bow of ribbon you can create a focal point from an ordinary door.

TIE BACK CURTAIN

A curtain tie-back is a decorative window treatment which accompanies a cloth curtain. Within the field of interior decoration, tie-backs made of fabric are classified as a kind of "soft furnishing" (along with other fabric-based décor such as pillows, valances, towels, blankets, mattresses, bed skirts, bedspreads, jabots, and shower and window curtains) while those made out of wood, metal, or glass are considered "window hardware" (along with curtain rods, cornices, latches, hinges, push bars, and handles).

ROD POCKET CURTAINS

Also known as tailored or pole top curtains, rod pocket curtains are the most basic curtain style with a sewn-in rod pocket at the top of each curtain panel. Rod pocket curtains work well layered under a valance, or with a sheer or shade underneath. They can be hung directly on a decorative or utility rod, or attached with clip-rings for an updated look and ease of movement at your window.

UNDER CURTAINS

These are curtains that hang behind the main curtains.

FABRIC SHADES

- are generally drawn from the bottom

ROMAN SHADES

Roman Shades- fabric-covered shades of horizontal panels with wooden slabs inserted horizontally at intervals down its entire length. Raised and lowered via pull cord as with other blinds, it gathers soft folds as it does so. Newer variations include lighter fabrics and pleats without wooden slats, so the folds drape more dramatically when the shade is raised.

AUSTRIAN SHADES

curtains that are pulled up like ordinary shades, but with cords rather than by means of a roller. The vertical shirring transforms the tailored folds of the Roman shade into soft draping scallops. It is generally made of sheer or lightwight fabrics.

BALLOON SHADES

made of soft fabric, with cords placed vertically along the shade to hold the fabric in place. It has straight sides and a straight lower hem. When the cord is pulled to raise it, deep inverted pleats cause the shade to billow out into puffs along the bottom edge.

CURTAIN HARDWARE: RODS

Flat Curtain Rods – these are adjustable rods, and usually hung by brackets to the wall or the window frame. It is drawn manually and curtains may be shirred onto the rod or hung by hooks.

Single flat curtain rods

Double flat rods –designed for double curtain treatments. The design of the outside rod is longer than the inside rod

Corner and Bay window rods –these are two or three-piece adjustable rods, hinged for use on corner-meeting windows and angled bays.

Cafe rods – a small, round decorative rod which comes in white, brass, or woodgrain finish, used to mount cafe curtains that do not have a rod pocket. It is meant to be seen and adds an additional decorative touch to the curtain treatment.

Wood poles – are rods mainly used for decorative purposes. The curtains are attached with the use of rings, but other top treatments may be used provided that the rod is not entirely covered.

Sash rods – a small rod, either decorative or plain, usually mounted inside a window frame on the sash

Tension rods – rods which stay in place inside the window frame through the spring tension

Custom – bent

Traverse rod – adjustable drapery rods that allows the opening and closing of the window treatment by means of a cord and pulley

References

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Balloon Shade, Roman Shade, Nashville, Mt Juliet, TN. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://morganupholsterytn.com/balloonshade.html

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FABRICS 18 - 34

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CHENILLE – a fabric woven from chenille yarns and has a fuzzy pile, It is named for the French word meaning caterpillar.

CHEVRON – broken twill or herringbone weave giving a chevron effect, creating a design of wide V’s across the width of the fabric.

CHIFFON – a thin, diaphanous, or gauzelike, soft, flimsy fabric, but is strong despite of its filmy look. It wears very well and is very difficult to handle.

CHINTZ – a glazed cotton fabric often printed with bright figures and large flower designs. Some glazes wash out during the laundering, but resin glaze will withstand washing or dry-cleaning. It was named from the Hindu word meaning spotted.

CORDUROY- a cut pile cloth with narrow to wide wales that run in the warp direction of the goods. An extra set of filling yarns make the pile and the back is a plain twill weave. The fabric looks as if it is made from multiple cords laid parallel to each other and then stitched together. The word corduroy is from cord and duroy, a coarse woollen cloth made in England in the 18th century.The interpretation of the word as corde du roi (from French, the cord of the King) is a folk etymology.

CREPE- a lightweight fabric characterized by a crinkly surface produced by hard twist yarns, chemical treatment, weave, or embossing. It has very good wearing qualities and has a very slimming effect. The term crape typically refers to a form of the fabric associated specifically with mourning, also historically called crespe or crisp.

CREWEL- chain stitch embroidery made with a fine, loosely-twisted, two-ply worsted yarn on a plain weave fabric. Done by hand for the most part, in the Kashmir province of India and in England. A true crewel fabric is embroidered with crewel yarn (a loosely twisted, two-ply wool) on a plain weave fabric. Traditional crewel fabrics are hand-woven and embroidered in India. The design motif for crewel work is typically outlines of flowers, vines, and leaves, in one or many colors. Modern weaving technology and inventive designers create traditional "crewel" looks with weave effects alone, without the use of embroidery.

DAMASK- a firm, glossy, Jacquard patterned fabric similar to brocade but flatter and reversible. It was first brought to the Western world buy Marco Polo from Damascus, the center of fabric trade between East and West, during the 13^th century. It is a very durable fabric, launders well and holds a high luster. The word "damask" first appeared in records in a Western European language in the mid-14th century in French.By the 14th century, damasks were being woven on draw looms in Italy. From the 14th to 16th century, most damasks were woven in one colour with a glossy warp-faced satin pattern against a duller ground. Two-colour damasks had contrasting colour warps and wefts, and polychrome damasks added gold and other metallic threads or additional colours as supplemental brocading wefts. Medieval damasks were usually woven in silk, but weavers also produced wool and linen damasks.

DENIM - Denim is a twill weave woven and 100% cotton fabric which is consists of different colors of warp and weft yarn. In denim fabric, one color is predominant on the fabric surface. Denim is a common raw material for garments manufacturing. Usually denim fabric is produced by using cotton though sometimes hemp denim is also available. Denim fabrics are normally used for making jeans, work clothes as well as casings for organic futons and pillows.There are mainly eight types of denim fabric the Colored denim,Bubble gum denim, Denim from fox fiber, Crushed denim, Vintage denim, Ecru denim, Marble denim, Reverse denim.

DIMITY - Dimity is a light-weight cotton wash fabric, the distinguishing feature of which is the cords or ribs running warpwise through the cloth, and produced by doubling the warp threads in either heddle or reed in sufficient quantity to form the rib desired. Dimity is a ladies' summer dress fabric and is made of regular cotton yarn, from l-60s to the very finest counts in both warp and filling, and is made in white and colors, solid white being used in the more expensive grades (warp and filling). Dimity is made in ribbed stripe effects, and in such colors as ecru, pearl, light blue and blue. These colors are sometimes printed upon the face of the fabric, after it has been woven in the white. Dimity is named after fabric originally used to make bustles but now more usually used for bedding.

DOTTED SWISS - Traditionally made of a fine plain weave cotton—now sometimes a blend with manufactured fiber—dotted swiss always is covered in small dots placed at regular intervals. These can be woven in, flocked or printed. Colors may be introduced, although the most common is all white. The original and finest was first made in Switzerland on a swivel loom. Other woven varieties are clip-spot (spot-dot, clip-dot or American dotted swiss) and lappet woven.Flocked dots are made by applying tiny fibers with glue. Neither the flocked nor the printed versions of dotted swiss are as durable as the woven varieties, although they are less expensive to produce.

Uses: Blouses, dresses, wedding gowns and curtains

DUCK - Cotton duck - (from Dutch doek,"linen canvas"), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, commonly called "canvas" outside the textile industry, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. There is also linen duck, which is less often used. Duck is used in a wide range of applications, from sneakers to over tents to sandbags. Duck fabric is woven with 2 yarns together in the warp and a single yarn in the weft.

The term "duck" comes from the Dutch word doek, which refers to a linen canvas once used for sailors’ white trousers and outerwear. The word "cotton" has been added to modern duck items simply to distinguish them from traditional linen duck.Duct tape, often called "duck tape," was originally manufactured by adding an adhesive backing to regular cotton duck. Cotton duck is often used in interiors to upholster furniture and as a painting medium.

FAILLE – a soft woven fabric, often silk or rayon, having a crosswire rib. It belongs to the grosgrain family.

FELT – a compact, matted woolen material usually made of wool or fur often mixed with natural or synthetic fibers. The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning to filter

FLANNEL – a relatively warm fabric made in plain or twill weave, usually with carded yarn, and is napped most often on both sides

FOULARD – a lightweight cloth noted for its soft finish and feel. It is made with plain or twill weave and is usually printed with small figures on dark or light backgrounds.

FRIEZE – a pile of surface of uncut loops but is sometimes styled with shearing the loops at varying heights. It originated from Fries land Holland.

References:

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Damask - Wikipedia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damask

Dimity. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://belovedlinens.net/TextilePedia/dimity.html

Eco-Friendly Cloth Wipes RAINBOW Flannel Cloth Baby by TurtlesRUs. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.etsy.com/listing/59712789/eco-friendly-cloth-wipes-rainbow-flannel

Faille | Power Sewing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.powersewing.com/2009/07/fabric-photo-dictionary/faille/

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Goglet Crewel Embroidered Cushion Kashmir Handmade Crewel Textile Pillowcase. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.novahaat.com/indian-pillows/embroidered-pillows/goglet-crewel-embroidered-cushion-kashmir-handmade-crewel-textile-pillowcase/

Retro upholstery fabric with gold thread - and "frieze" vs. "boucle" - Retro Renovation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://retrorenovation.com/2011/09/28/retro-upholstery-fabric-with-gold-thread-and-frieze-versus-boucle/

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