The common goal of all firms in the interior textile and apparel industries.
What is adequate profit?
100
A treatment that converts a flat essentially two-dimensional fabric into a three-dimensional structure with convex and concave design forms.
What is embossing?
100
The design, arrangement, and proportioning of windows and doors.
What is Fenestration?
100
The brightness of a fiber, yarn, or fabric, affected by the cross-sectional shape, surface texture, and finishing agents.
What is Luster?
200
A seed fiber obtained from the boll of the Cotton plant.
What is Cotton?
200
Distinctive names,words, phrases and stylized logos that aim on capturing the attention of professionals and consumers.
What are Trademarks?
200
A special type of calendaring, causing a wood-grain like appearance or a water marked effect on a fabric.
What is Moire'?
200
In addition to aesthetics, ways in which window treatments are selected.
What are privacy issues, covering of structure defects, light, heat and acoustical issues to be addressed.
200
Hand
What is the tactile quality of a fabric, perceived by touch.
300
Egyptian, Sea Island, American Pima and Upland
What are types of cotton?
300
Legally binding agreements guaranteeing the long term satisfactory performance of interior textiles.
What are warranties or guarantee programs?
300
Has the responsibility to investigate commercial trade practices, to encourage voluntary corrective action and compliance, and to commence legal proceedings when necessary.
What is the FTC?
300
Two types of vision to be considered when selecting window treatments.
What are Inward and Outward Vision?
300
Resiliency
What is the ability of a textile structure to recover from folding, bending, crushing or twisting.
400
Grown without synthetic chemicals and meets the standards established by certifying organizations to ensure fairness in the market.
What is Organic Cotton?
400
Flammability, Colorfastness to Light, Colorfastness to Wet & Dry Crocking, Physical Properties, Abrasion
What are the ACT (Association for Contract Textiles, Inc.) performance standards that are measured for contract & commercial textiles.
400
A furniture and textile manufacturer, who's philosophy is based solely on good design.
What is Knoll?
400
Relatively sheer and light weight window coverings that are hung without linings, and more heavy, often opaque coverings usually hung with linings.
What are curtains & draperies?
400
The ability of a fiber to retain its original size and shape throughout use and care.
What is Dimensional Stability?
500
Type of cloth made from the flax fiber.
What is Linen?
500
Test methods used to measure the abrasion resistance of textile fabrics.
What are the Wyzenbeck and Martindale Test Methods?
500
According to the ACT Standards, What constitutes a Heavy Duty upholstery?
What is 30,000 double rubs?
500
Rigid overhead treatments constructed of wood or metal.
What are cornices, cantonnieres and lambrequins?
500
The ability of a fiber to absorb or repel water or moister. Properties that directly affect a fiber's clean-ability.
What are Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic properties of a fiber?