Functional as well as decorative products used mainly for decorating houses.
A branch of technical textile comprising the application of textiles in household purposes. Home textiles are nothing but an internal environment, which deals with internal spaces and their furnishings and can be defined as the textiles used for home furnishing. It consists of a various range of functional as well as decorative products used mainly for decorating houses. The fabrics used for making home textiles consist of both natural and man-made fibres. Sometimes fibres are also blended to make the fabrics stronger. Browse through this category for various home textiles available in Zambian stores.
“Household textile articles” means articles of wearing apparel, costumes and accessories, draperies, floor coverings, furnishings, beddings, and other textile goods of a type customarily used in a household regardless of where used in fact.
Textiles are classified according to their component fibres into silk, wool, linen, cotton, such synthetic fibres as rayon, nylon, and polyesters, and some inorganic fibres, such as cloth of gold, glass fibre, and asbestos cloth.
Above all, fabric serves a practical function. It protects us from cold and heat, the rain and the bright sun. We use blankets to cover ourselves as we sleep and woven rugs to cushion our steps as we walk.
An example of a textile may be a woven woolen rug or a knitted acrylic garment. If an item is made of interlaced fibers, be they of natural or synthetic origin, it is considered a textile.
Textiles have several uses, the most common is for clothing. In the household, textiles are used in carpeting, furnishing, window shades, towels, table covers, bed sheets, handkerchiefs, cleaning devices and in art. In the workplace, they are used in industrial and scientific processes such as filtering.
Home Furnishings
- Table Linens.
- Loose Covers.
- Cushions.
- Blankets & Throws.
- Rugs.
- Lampshades.
- Bedding & Covers.
- Headboards.
Polyester. Polyester is now the world's most commonly used fibre, overtaking cotton in 2002. Prized for its relative cheapness, strength, lightness and wrinkle-free properties, polyester can be woven, knitted and blended with other fibres.
Textile products defined as raw, semi-worked, semi-manufactured, manufactured, semi-made-up or made-up of products which are exclusively composed of textile fibres, regardless of the mixing or assembly process employed.
Natural Fabrics
- Cotton. Cotton fibres develop along with the seeds of the cotton plant
- Silk. Silk fabrics are woven from silk yarn, which can usually be sourced to the cocoons of the silkworm
- Wool. Wool fabrics are made up of wool fibres, which are obtained from certain woolly animals such as sheep
- Rayon
- Nylon
With an extensive knowledge of fibre, yarn, and dyes, a textile designer can create an end product which enhances interior spaces in a beautiful way. Textile design can wonderfully enhance an interior design project; the use of colour and materials can result in a truly stunning space which delights and inspires.
The word textile commonly means woven or knitted cloth. Lace, felt, and many other kinds of cloth are considered textiles, too. Even nets, rope, and yarn may be called textiles. People use textiles to make clothing, towels, sheets, table linens, carpets, boat sails, flags, and many other things.
