Fabrics

Fabrics
Selecting Fabrics for Decoration

When choosing a fabric (also know as textiles) for decorating purposes, one of the first things to consider is its suitability. You may need to choose fabrics for furniture upholstery, wall treatments, beds linens, window coverings, cushions, bed coverings. Fabrics can add warmth and color and ambiance to a room while bringing in different patterns and textures.

Fabric types

Brocade has a raised pattern, often floral, woven into the background fabric, typically silk. Early brocades were made in China. Persia, now Iran, has a long history of making beautiful silk brocades, often with gold and silver threads. Brocade was particularly popular in sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Europe in the grandest of situations- in palaces and royal courts. Brocade was originally hand-embroidered, but is now almost always machine-made using a jacquard loom attachment, which gives it the look of hand embroidery. It is very elegant, special, and a rather fancy fabric. You might find brocade on curtains, valances, table skirts, a fancy bed canopy, or on a fine French chair. It is not suitable for constant wear and tear.