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Spiral-bound
Edition: 3
Author: Mary Humphries
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date: 2003-07-12
ISBN-10: 013098549X
ISBN-13: 9780130985491
List Price: $68.80
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This Fabric Glossary Third Edition, has been designed to be a vital complement to the wealth of technical information on textiles found in Fabric Reference, although it can be enjoyed on its own. It adds a perspective to textile science by leading directly from a detailed discussion of fibers, yarns, fabric constructions, and finishes to application of all these by its focus on the fabrics themselves, and in particular, their names. The study of textiles should lead to more assured navigation among the hundreds of names and terms encountered by anyone working with cloth. Fabric Glossary offers a unique guide a ready and well-illustrated source of this most used and most appealing part of textile study. It provides a full treatment of individual "name" fabrics, their characteristics, and background, with present-day variations and uses. It is these names we must be familiar with when we move outside the classroom or laboratory: in fabric manufacturing and distribution; textile, fashion, and interior design; apparel and furnishings merchandising, including visual merchandising; costuming from the theater to the "living museum"; and of course, communication in any of these fields. Fabric Glossary offers instant instruction and clarification, whether used as part of or aside from formal textile study courses. It is well suited to business staff training and can be of help to dry cleaners; it is of interest in museums and libraries, or to textile craftspeople and home sewers. Its main purpose, however, is to link the mass of detail on how fabrics behave and why found in textbooks such as Fabric Reference to actual materials by name. This is the ultimate question asked by those fascinated but confounded by fabrics: "What is it called?" In using Fabric Glossary, the index can guide you to the File you need, or you may start with the lists of fabrics established as suitable for use in such categories as lingerie, suits, workwear, slipcovers, or accessories. These Fabric Files have been selected to illustrate all stages of fabric makeup: fibers typically used, characteristics of yarn and fabric construction, plus the effect of finishing procedures, including coloring by dyeing and printing. There is an indication in each File of the weight range and uses of the material, and something of the origins of that fabric the natural fiber family it belongs to, plus whatever I have been able to discover of the derivation of its name. This can help in understanding its character, and can also be of immense importance in promotional work, or in marrying fabric with garment or interior design. It also reflects my interest in the history of textiles. I yearn to spend much more time in this study of the past, whereas my working life until now has concentrated on the behavior of current fabrics, with a few minor excursions at Seneca College into teaching History of Textiles and textiles as a Liberal Studies subject ("Clothing the 'Naked Ape' "). So Fabric Glossary and Fabric Reference together provide the background to understand more fully the selection of fabrics, with their behavior in use and care, and to appreciate the truly wonderful diversity of useful and pleasing materials developed by human ingenuity. They are "companion books" for all who study, are interested in, work with, or inform others about textiles.
Good book!
| Customer Rating:  | | I bought this book for a Textile class I was taking. It's a good book, and has lots of information in it. Although it is only useful if you have the sample swatches to glue on each page so that you can see and feel the fabrics. I will keep this book as a great "reference book" for future use. |
excellent reference book
| Customer Rating: | | this is an excellent reference book for those working with textiles. It is made better by the (separate) purchase of the swatches that can be inserted throughout the book. |
Get out your gluestick
| Customer Rating: | | Okay. Remember those old sticker books? This is sort of like that, one swatch of fabric at a time, except you're not licking them...Sound tedious? Sort of, but the process of putting the swatches on the correct pages/descriptions is great tactile exercise. This is a good reference, and the suggested uses will help to keep you from making a really bad choice for a given project. A drawback to this book is that it gets a huge bulge in the middle, making it difficult to shelve or stack with other books and materials. |
Very inofrmative
| Customer Rating: | | It has places to attach sample of fabric so you can feel, touch, and learn about them. It is organized alphabetically which is nice if you know what fabric you are looking for. It should have an extra source to look up by the weave of fabric. |
all good
| Customer Rating: | | I received this book in a timely manner and it's in great condition. thanks. |
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