Author: R. Chapman
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Keywords: textiles, publishing, series, woodhead, applications, technical, nonwovens
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-07-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1845694376
ISBN-13: 9781845694371
The nonwoven fabrics industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the textile business. Such fabrics have a broad spectrum of end uses, ranging from surgical garments to interior textiles. This book will discuss the recent advances in the nonwoven industry and will discuss the important range of technical nonwoven applications. Part 1 will briefly discuss the fundamental principles of nonwoven fabrics, such as the formation of nonwovens. Part 2 provides useful examples of how nonwoven materials can be used in a variety of textile products, such as apparel and interior textiles.
Author: Jennifer Harris
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Keywords: years, textiles, thousand, five
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-10-17
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 1588342158
ISBN-13: 9781588342157
The classic, comprehensive, full-color survey of worldwide textile art from prehistory to the present day. An authoritative reference and a visual delight, with examples from the Far East to the Americas, from Africa to Scandinavia, and from Egyptian artifacts dating from 3000 BC to the most up-to-date modern craftwork and furnishings. Includes an expert guide to nine fundamental textile techniques, from rug weaving and tapestry to felt and bark cloth. Each is clearly explained, using line drawings and close-up color details from actual textiles, to show how people from many different tradi
Author: Jack W. Plunkett
Publisher: Plunkett Research Ltd
Keywords: amp, industry, textiles, apparel, trends, leading, companies, statistics, almanac, plunkett, market, research
Number of Pages: 497
Published: 2008-04-22
List price: $299.99
ISBN-10: 1593921101
ISBN-13: 9781593921101
The apparel and textiles industry involves complex relationships that are constantly evolving. This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in apparel and textile supply chains, manufacturing, design, women’s fashions, men’s fashions, children’s fashions, shoes, accessories, retailing, distribution, technologies and fabrics of all types. It includes a thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of
Author: Textiles, and Apparel Industry Panel FibersCommit
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: competitive, technology, determining, international, advantage, industrial, influences, study, status, fibers, textiles, apparel, complex
Number of Pages: 90
Published: 1983-01-01
List price: $30.75
ISBN-10: 0309033950
ISBN-13: 9780309033954
Authors:Sue Manser, Chris Weaving,
Publisher: Heinemann
Keywords: technology, textiles, gcse, edexcel, design, revise
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2003-04-02
List price: $11.84
ISBN-10: 0435417185
ISBN-13: 9780435417185
* Key points and ’need to know’ sections really clarify what students need to know. * Activities and tests consolidate what students have learned and reinforce understanding. * Practice exam questions familiarise students with the exam format and build confidence. * Advice on answering different types of questions so students are fully prepared for the exam. * Advice and guidance on what examiners are looking for so that students achieve the best grades possible. For further information on Edexcel or this course, visit the Edexcel Website.
Author: Robin NethertonRobin Netherton; Gale R. Owen-Croc
Publisher: Boydell Press
Keywords: textiles, clothing, medieval
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-04-19
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1843832917
ISBN-13: 9781843832911
The third volume of this pioneering series explores the manufacture and trade of textiles and their practical, fashionable, and symbolic uses. Papers include in-depth studies and cross-genre scholarship representing such fields as social history, economics, art history, archaeology and literature, as well as the reconstruction of textile-making techniques. They range over England, Flanders, France, Germany, and Spain from the seventh to the sixteenth centuries, and address such topics as soft furnishings, ecclesiastical vestments, the economics of the wool trade, the making and use of narrow w
Authors:Robin Netherton, Robin Netherton, Gale R. Owen-Crock
Publisher: Boydell Press
Keywords: textiles, clothing, medieval
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2008-04-17
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1843833662
ISBN-13: 9781843833666
The fourth volume of this landmark series features a special focus on headdress, with papers analysing women’s turbans in fifteenth-century French manuscript paintings; the changing meaning of the term cuff; the spread of wimple from England to Southern Italy; and a surviving embroidered linen cap attributed to Saint Birgitta of Sweden. Northern European dress and textiles are further explored in papers on archaeological textiles from medieval towns in Finland, Norway, and Sweden; the construction of gowns excavated at Herjolfsnes, Greenland; and references to scarlet clothing in Iceland
