ISBN: 0-393-73062-X
2002
500 color illustrations / 320 pages

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.

Praise for Fabrics:

"...essential for anyone interested in cloth, particularly those who work with it professionally."

--Sydney Morning Herald, 5/1/03

"This volume will prove a worth addition to an interior designer's or decorator's library, and will also intrigue the general reader who wants to find out more about this rich and diverse field."

--Julie Dillon, Houses: The Residential Architecture Magazine, Spring 2003

Winner: 2003 American Society of Interior Designers [ASID] Educational Alliance/Joel Polsky Award for pursuing excellence through Interior Design Education and Research

About the Author

Marypaul Yates is principal of a textile design, marketing, and sales consulting firm in New York City. She is the author of Textiles: A Handbook for Designers.

ISBN 0-393-73062-X / April 2002 / 500 color illustrations / 320 pages