[Common Textiles Manual] Curtains

Overview

Curtains belong to the category of hang-ups, and their area forms a strong attention in the room. The curtains not only have functions such as shading and heat insulation, cold preheating, sound insulation and noise reduction, and adjustment of light, but also can beautify the indoor environment with changing patterns, beautiful patterns and harmonious colors, and become the most beautiful landscape in the living room.

Curtains not only require versatile practicality, color matching, novel style aesthetics, but also reasonable use of different thickness and thickness of fabric, undulations, texture patterns of depth and depth to represent the spatial beauty of curtain decoration.

In addition to the traditional cotton and linen, curtain fabrics on the market today include cotton and linen intertwined, interlaced with cotton and human silk, interlaced cotton and linen and chemical fiber, and various suede fabrics. There are printing, weaving, jacquard plus printing, rotten velvet, drawnwork, embroidery and so on. The curtains of printed fabrics are economical, beautiful and elegant, and they are widely used. Silk curtains are elegant and graceful, soft and gorgeous; velvet curtains are shimmering and sleek and luxurious; cotton curtains are thick and warm and romantic. The diversity of different textures and processes of curtain fabrics has produced practical effects and rich artistic styles.

The design of curtains in foreign countries emphasizes artistic individuality, practicality, and supportiveness, tends to be net-clean, dignified, and clearly structured, giving people a sense of comfort and high-gradeness. When designing curtains, we must not only pursue novel styles, but also take into account the effects of use. In the summer, we must play the role of reflective heat insulation and cooling, and we must block 60% of ultraviolet radiation and solar thermal energy. In the winter, we must take the role of heat absorption and energy conservation.