Interiors Defined : Home Textiles & Categories

Textiles are a millennia old, and maybe close to as old as the dawn of human race. This makes materials one of our most established works of art, and one sort of home textiles may rank among the main types of this workmanship. Textiles have for some time been utilized as floor covers, making a feeling of separation between the inside of a home and the earth. Indeed, even in traveling, floor covers are regularly seen as a need. In numerous societies, floor covers work as wall coverings as well.

- Prachi Gehlot 

Home textiles are fabrics and garments that are used primarily to furnish a home. Functional and aesthetic uses of each determine the materials and design of each. Floor coverings provide some of the most traditional home textiles. In this article, we will see all the categories of Home Textiles in detail.

Floor coverings

Textiles are a millennia old, and maybe close to as old as the dawn of human race. This makes materials one of our most established works of art, and one sort of home textiles may rank among the main types of this workmanship. Textiles have for some time been utilized as floor covers, making a feeling of separation between the inside of a home and the earth. Indeed, even in traveling, floor covers are regularly seen as a need. In numerous societies, floor covers work as wall coverings as well.

Floor covering, material produced using fibres, felts, gums, elastic, or other natural or man-made substances applied or affixed to, or laid upon, the level base surface of a floor to give comfort, strength, wellbeing, and enrichment. Such materials incorporate both handcrafted and machine-made mats and covers and smooth-surfaced floor covers. Albeit the words rug and carpet are much of the time utilized conversely in reference to floor covers, in present day use rugs are affixed to the floor and for the most part cover the whole floor and carpets are not secured and seldom cover the whole floor. Carpets and rugs also dampen the impact noise. (dictionary, n.d.)

•Rugs- Piece of thick hefty Fabric ordinarily having a nap and covering a segment of the floor; it is removable.

•Tackless Strip- Little portion of wood covered with tacks and nailed or stuck to the edge of the room; the carpet is secured to it.