TEXTILES - CHAPTERS 12,13
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- SKEW
- A DESCRIPTIVE TERM OF AN OFF-GRAIN YARN ALIGNMENT; FILLING YARNS LAY IN A DIAGONAL POSITION
- WITH UPHOLSTERED CUSHIONS AND PILLOWS, ZIPPERS ARE USED
- TO FACILITATE EASE OF FILLING AND STUFFING
- WHICH FIBERS ARE COARSER AND STIFFER, PROVIDING GREATER SUPPORT WHEN USED IN FILLINGS AND BATTINGS - LOW DENIER OR HIGH DENIER
- HIGH DENIER
- WHAT IS TRUE IN TERMS OF LABELING OF FILLING MATERIALS
- THE FTC ADVISES MANUFACTURERS TO DISCLOSE THE PRESENCE OF SUCH FILLING MATERIALS AS GOOSE DOWN AND FEATHERS AND REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF THE PRESENCE OF PREVIOUSLY USED FILLING MATERIALS.
- WHAT IS CORRECT WITH RESPECT TO THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE LABELING ACCORDING TO THE GUIDES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE INDUSTRY?
- TERMS LIKE FRENCH PROVINCIAL WILL BE PERMITTED ON PRODUCT LABELS WITHOUT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE CONSUMERS UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH TERMS ARE DESCRIPTIVE OF STYLE, NOT OF ORIGIN.
- BOXING
- WRAPPING STRIPS OF FABRIC AROUND FRONT AND SIDES OF UPHOLSTERED CUSHIONS AND THROW PILLOWS.
- COMPRESSIBILITY
- THE EASE WITH WHICH A TEXTILE STRUCTURE CAN BE CRUSHED OR REDUCED IN THICKNESS.
- COTTON FELT
- BATTING OF LAYERED WEBS OF CELLULOSIC FIBERS; MAY BE STABILIZED WITH RESIN
- DUAL DENIER
- UPHOLSTERED FURNITURER FILLING STRUCTURE HAVING TWO DISTINCT LAYERS, EACH COMPOSED OF CRIMPED MANUFACTURED STAPLE FIBERS HAVING DIFFERENT DENIERS; THE STRUCTURE IS SPRAYED WITH RESIN FOR ADDED FIRMNESS AND STABILITY.
- FIBERFILL
- LOOSE, LOFTY MASS OF FIBERS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY POLYESTER; NONALLERGENIC
- GOOSE DOWN
- THE UNDERCOAT OF GEESE; USED AS A FILLING IN FURNITURE CUSHIONS AND BEDDING PRODUCTS.
- LATEX FOAM
- NATURAL RUBGER OR SYNTHESIZED RUBBER HAVING TINY, AIR-FILLED CELLS; USED AS AN UPHOLSTERED CUSHION FILLING MATERIAL.
- LOFTINESS
- PROPERTY OF HAVING BULK WITHOUT HEAVINESS
- POLYURETHANE FOAM
- SYNTHESIZED CELLULAR COMPOUND USED AS A FILLING FOR UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
- RAILROAD
- APPLICATION OF UPHOLSTERY FABRIC WITH LENGTH OF FABRIC RUNNING LENGTHWISE ON FURNITURE FRAME (FRM ARM TO ARM).
- RESILIENCY
- ABILITY OF A TEXTILE STRUCTURE TO RECOVER FROM DEFORMATIONS OTHER THAN ELONGATION
- SHIRRING
- GATHERING FABRIC
- TUFTED SURFACE
- EMBELLISHMENT USING BUTTONS TO PULL OUTER UPHOLSTERY COVERING DEEP INTO FILLING
- UP-THE-BOLT
- APPLICATION OF UPHOLSTERY FABRIC WITH LENGTH OF FABRIC RUNNING VERTICALLY ON FURNITURE FRAME (FROM BACK TO SKIRT).
- WELTING
- TREATMENT IN WHICH FABRIC IS WRAPPED AROUND A CORD AND INSERTED INTO A PLAIN SEAM.
- TUFTING IS A RELATIVELY
- FAST PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE
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ASSUMING OTHER VARIABLES ARE EQUAL, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICEABILITY IN UPHOLSTERY APPLICATIONS?
1. TWILL-WOVEN FABRIC
2. FILLING-RIB WOVEN FABRIC
3. SATIN-WOVEN FABRIC - 1. TWILL-WOVEN FABRIC
- A PLAIN-WEAVE UPHOLSTERY FABRIC HAVING SPEC YARNS IS
- TWEED
- A PLAIN-WEAVE UPHOLSTERY FABRIC HAVING HEAVY, COARSE YARNS THAT RESEMBLE HAND-SPUN STRANDS IS:
- HOMESPUN
- A FILLING-RIB WEAVE FABRIC WITH FINE RIBS, SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THOSE OF TAFFETA IS:
- REPP
- A PLAIN-WEAVE FABRIC SAID TO RESEMBLE THAT USED IN GUNNY SACKS WHICH WERE USED TO GATHER AND STORE HOPS IS
- HOPSACK
- A FILLING-RIB WEAVE FABRIC HAVING LARGE, FLAT RIBS OF EQUAL OR UNEQUAL SIZE AND SPACING IS
- OTTOMAN
- PROTEIN COMPOUND FOUND IN LEATHER IS
- COLLAGEN
- A PROCESS IN WHICH RAW SKINS OR HIDES ARE TREATED WHICH CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS OR VEGETABLE TANNINS TO MAKE THE FIBER PROTEIN INSOLUABLE IN WATER IS
- TANNING
- A PROCESS IN WHICH RAW SKINS ARE TREATED WITH SALT TO RETARD BACTERIAL ATTACK, THUS PREVENTING PUTREFACTION OR DECOMPOSITION IS
- CURING
- DAMASK
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A TWO-DIMENSIONAL, REVERSIBLE UPHOLSTERY FABRIC; THE MOTIFS AND BACKGROUND HAVE DIFFERENT INTERLACING PATTERNS, THUS REFLECTING INCIDENT LIGHT WAVES IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND DIFFERENT QUANTITIES
- CROCKING
- TRANSFER OF COLOR FROM ONE MATERIAL TO ANOTHER AS A RESEULT OF SURFACE RUBBING
- FRIEZE
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A WARP PILE FABRIC PRODUCED BY THE OVER-THE WIRE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; HAS AN UNCUT, CUT PILE SURFACE TEXTURE
- GROSPOINT
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A WARP PILE FABRIC PRODUCED BY THE OVER-THE-WIRE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; HAS A LOOP PILE SURFACE TEXTURE.
- SATIN
- WEAVE IN WHICH THE WARP YARNS FLOAT OR PASS OVER A MINIMUM OF FOUR FILLING YARNS.
- SATEEN
- VARIATION OF A BASIC SATIN WEAVE IN WHICH FILLING YARNS FLOAT
- BROCADE
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A DECORATIVELY-PATTERNED FABRIC; THE DESIGN MOTIFS ARE FORMED BY FILLING FLOATS; NONREVERSIBLE
- BROCATELLE
- FABRIC NAME USED WITH A DOUBLECLOTH FABRIC WHICH HAS HEAVY WARP FLOATS IN THE DESIGN MOTIFS WHICH ARE PADDED BY FLOATING EXTRA YARNS BEHIND THEM, THUS CAUSING THE MOTIFS TO STAND IN RELIEF
- CLOQUE
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A TWO-DIMENSIONAL, DOUBLECLOTH FABRIC; THE MUTUAL INTERLACINGS OF THE FACE AND BACKYARNS ARE PLANNED TO SIMULATE THE APPEARANCE OF QUILTING STITCHES.
- EMBOSSING
- MECHANICAL TREATMENT USED TO INTRODUCE CONVEX OR CONCAVE DESIGN FORMS TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL FABRIC.
- TAPESTRY
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A DOUBLECLOTH FABRIC IN WHICH SINGLE-COLORED YARNS ARE USED IN BANDS, CREATING A STRIPED DESIGN IN THE FABRIC BACK.
- VELOUR
- WARP PILE FABRIC HAVING A SHORT, DENSE PILE; USED FOR UPHOLSTERY.
- TUFTING
- A FABRICATION TECHNIQUE USED TO FORM A PILE LAYER; YARNS ARE INSERTED INTO A PREFORMED BASE FABRIC.
- MATELASSE
- FABRIC NAME ASSIGNED TO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, DOUBLECLOTH FABRIC WHICH HAS PUFFED "POCKETS;" THE MUTUAL INTERLACINGS OF THE FACE AND BACK YARNS ARE PLANNED TO SIMULATE THE APPEARANCE OF QUILTING STITCHES.
- VELVET
- UPHOLSTERY FABRIC PRODUCED BY A DOUBLECLOTH CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; HAS A CUT PILE SURFACE CREATED WITH AN EXTRA SET OF WARP YARNS.
- TOP-GRAIN LEATHER
- LEATHER HAVING MINOR CORRECTIONS OF THE NATURAL GRAIN MARKINGS.