Fabrics serve several important roles in interior design. They protect furnishings from fading and deterioration caused by sunlight. Fabrics also provide privacy, reduce glare, and can help rooms feel cooler. For interior fabrics, properties like light fastness, stain resistance, and flame retardancy are important. Common interior fabric applications include upholstery, curtains, blinds, bedding, wall coverings, bathroom linens, and tablecloths. New fabric treatments provide benefits like stain and water repellency while remaining breathable and eco-friendly.

1. FABRICS FOR INTERIOR
TEXTILES

2. ROLE OF FABRICS FOR INTERIOR TEXTILES
 Fabric protects interior color from fading and furnishing from
detoriation from sunlight
 It protects from sun glare and it lends protection from night
blackness at evening
 Fabrics lends privacy to any degree that is needed
 It can make summer room cooler and reduce an air
conditioning load in the summer
 Fabric increases livability and work ability of a small place

3. PROPERTIES REQUIRED
 Good light fastness
 Good resistance to seam slippage
 Good resistance to pilling
 Stain repellency
 Good fastness to sponging
 Flame Retardency
 Appearance retention

5. TEXTILES FOR SEATING
MAIN AREAS OF
APPLICATIONS ARE:
2. Sofa covers
3. Chair cushions
4. Chair pads
FABRICS USED:
7. Acrylic fiber velvets
8. Alone polyester
9. Alone cotton
10. Polyester/Cotton
blends

6. WINDOW TEXTILES
MAIN AREAS OF APPLICATIONS:
 Sheer curtains
 Curtains and drapes
 Reflective textiles
 Blinds

7. SHEER CURTAINS
FEATURE:
Semi transparent material
e.g. burnout style
FABRICS USED:
6. Polyester/cotton blend
7. Cotton
8. Polyester
9. Nylon .(to make it attractive
embroidery is done)

8. CURTAINS AND DRAPES
FABRICS USED:
3. Polyester/cotton blend
4. Cotton
5. Viscose rayon
6. Polyester
7. Acrylic
8. Silk

9. REFLECTIVE TEXTILES
FEATURE:
It doesn't allow U-V rays to enter inside a room
HOW ?
One side is normal fabric and the other side is aluminum
film which serves the purpose
FABRICS USED:
9. Polyester
10. Cotton

10. Normal fabric Aluminum Film
Sun light
U-V rays

11. BLINDS
These are types of textiles which
are opaque
There are two types of Blinds:
5. One which allows transmission of light
6. One which is completely opaque i.e.,
black out material
Fabric used:
Cotton

12. BED TEXTILES
MAIN AREAS OF APPLICATION:
3. Sheets and pillow cases
4. Blankets
5. Mattress covers
6. Dust ruffles

13. SHEETS & PILLOW CASES
This is a major soft goods category
FABRICS USED:
4. Cotton
5. Polyester/cotton blend

14. BLANKETS
 Solid color, raised wool , acrylic fiber,
and acrylic polyester fiber blends
 Cotton terry blankets
 Thermal blankets made from wool,
acrylic, polyester and polyester acrylic
blends
 Blankets are constructed by stitch
bonding technique

15. MATTRESS COVERS
Mattress covers are having same match with bed sheets,
pillow cases, blankets ,etc…
FABRICS USED:
4. Cotton
5. Polyester
6. Viscose rayon

16. Dust ruffles
They are the lower part of bed
sheets
FARICS USED:
5. Cotton
6. Polyester
7. Polyester/ cotton blends

17. WALL COVERINGS
Why to use fabrics for wall
coverings ???
Because fabrics absorbs sound.
They have a unique property to
absorb sound waves within the
Material
Any material can be used???
No, material which are fibrous in
nature can be used
Fabrics used:
Jute, Flax

18. WALL HANGINGS
Types of wall hanging:
2. Hand tufted
3. Embroidered
Fabrics or material used:
6. Jute
7. Cotton
8. Viscose

19. TEXTILES FOR SCREEN AND ROOM
DIVIDERS
Here functions of interior
textiles are:
 To provide space demarcation
 To absorb sound
 To create pleasant and colorful
working environment

20. BATHROOM TEXTILES
MAIN AREAS OF APPLICATION:
3. Shower curtains
4. Terry toweling

21. SHOWER CURTAINS
Before :
Cheaper plastics membranes were used
Disadvantage:
 Their propensity to splitting and tearing
 Now textile materials are used are used
Fabrics used :
Any type of material can be used but should
have water repellency

22. TERRY TOWELING
Terry toweling is used in
3. Bathrobes
4. Towels
Fabrics used:
Cotton

23. ACCECSSORIES
AREAS OF APPLICATION :
3. Floor cushions
4. Lamp shade fabrics

24. FLOOR CUSHIONS
 Floor cushions don’t have specific place
or some specific use
 They are only for comfort and rest
where ever one lies on the floor like in
hall room
Fabrics used:
1.Cotton
2.Polyester/cotton blend

25. LAMPSHADE FABRICS
Main requirement is that fabric
should be stiff
Fabrics used:
5. Flax
6. Cotton
7. Any fabric if stiff finish is given

26. TABLE TEXTILES
MAIN AREAS OF APPLICATION :
3. Table cloths
4. Table mats

27. TABLE CLOTHS
Table Cloth: It is of several types
 Colour woven printed types of linen cotton
material
 Embroidered types.
 Non-woven types, which include spun
bonded Nylon and spun laced polyester
fibre.

28. TABLE MATS
Just to make Table cloth
more attractive having
matching with table cloth
Fabrics to be used:
Cotton
Polyester/cotton blend

29. DEVELOPMENT
DuPont Textiles and interiors (DTI) introduced a new
Teflon fabric protector with dust mite control for use in
bedding and upholstery. With Ciba specialty chemicals
DTI is elevated ease care benefit of Teflon.

30. ADVANTAGES OBTAINED
1.The stain repellency provides
investor barriers, causing liquids
to bead up and rolls off the
fabric while release technology
prevents the fiber from holding
stains and soils so they can be
easily washed off.
2. Water repellency.
3. This treatment has no impact on
touch, handle and breathability.
4. Protection from dust mites.
5. And more importantly it is eco
-friendly