The Guide to Textiles for Interiors

This classic interior design textbook is the definitive resource for anyone who works with textiles for interiors. The long-awaited third edition features updated content, a new hardcover design, and an engaging new format with easy-to-find information, full-colour graphics and charts, green design features, and much more!

Overview

• Part I: introduces and discusses textiles in the contexts of the future and the past
• Part II: concentrates on the processing of textiles from fibers to finished products
• Part III: deals with issues that design professionals must address when they select and specify textiles for interiors
• Part IV: explores future textile innovations as research and development continues

With course adoptions, you will receive a complimentary Instructor’s Guide. This guide includes:

• chapter synopses
• activity suggestions
• textile testing methods
• discussion questions
• exam questions

Jill Condra has taught in the area of clothing and textiles at the University of British Columbia, the University of Prince Edward Island, and the University of Manitoba. Her costume research has been largely based on using material history models to look at clothing in historical context, which has allowed her to do research at the most exciting costume collections around the world. Jill has also co-written and edited a set of books on the history of clothing. She is presently an independent scholar living in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Winnipeg, Canada.