Characteristics and different Types of furnishings Floor furnishings

Fundamentals of Art and Design 3(1+2)

Lesson 08 :Furnishings in interiors

Characteristics and different Types of furnishings Floor furnishings

Types, Sizes and Placements of soft floor furnishings:

The soft floor furnishings offer a finished, elegant and decorative background for interiors. Carpets, rugs and area rugs that overlay other flooring materials are often needed in interiors. When used over hard floors, they offer softness and warmth to the foot and also some acoustical control. They add pattern and texture and some degree of spatial organization can be achieved by use of carpets, rugs and area rugs.

Types of Rugs:

Rug styles are the result of folk arts and traditions of various cultures. Although many of these styles originally were handmade, all are now available in machine-made versions of today. Knowing a little about the original styles helps to identify good quality machine-made productions, which in brief are explained as follows.

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