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The Design Directory of Window Treatments features professional illustrations detailing every type of window treatment imaginable, and is an invaluable guide for trade professionals and consumers.

Jackie Von Tobel preformed an exhaustive search of current window treatment design and manufacturing trends to identify and name more than 350 individual components that can be mixed and matched to create an infinite number of window treatments.

Each of these elements and designs are expertly illustrated in more 1300 color renderings that can be used repeatedly.

Black-and-white line drawings of these illustrations are also included on a companion CD-Rom, along with a complete worksheet system for designer use. 

About the Author:

Jackie Von Tobel is a practicing interior designer with twenty years of experience in high-end residential design. She attended the University of San Diego and the Design Institute of San Diego. She is a member of the WCAA and is certified by the WFCP. Her interior design firm, Plush Home, is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Completely updated and revised: the latest in window & bed covering ideas, and now with an extensive Bed Covering section, The Encyclopedia Window & Bed Coverings is Charles Randall's newest creation based upon his original masterwork: The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions.

This new book continues the tradition of blending historical, classic and contemporary offerings.

The Encyclopedia of Window & Bed Coverings is a must have for interior designers, homeowners, and decorating enthusiasts alike. With more full-color and black & white illustrations than ever before, this book presents countless combinations of window and bedding treatments for any room in the home: from a simple rod pocket curtain to a period style masterpiece.

Now with 320 pages of cost-saving ideas, yardage calculations and fullness charts, you will quickly see why this book has not only become the industry standard for window decor inspiration, but also the world s best-selling window decorating book.

Includes:

- Extensive Period Style window decorating ideas in color and black line artwork
- Extensive bed coverings section with coordinating draperies, valances, etc.
- Hard window coverings coordinated with valances, swags, cornices etc.
- Numbered images that will eliminate miscommunications with workrooms and designers.
- Equal size color and black line drawings
- Extensive yardage calculations
- Solutions for difficult windows

Chapters:

1. Period Style Window Treatments
2. Draperies & Curtains
3. Valances
4. Cornices & Lambrequins
5. Swags & Cascades
6. Fabric Shades
7. Shades, Shutters & Blinds
8. Bed Coverings
9. Glossary of Decorating Terms; Glossary of Fabric Terms; Textile Fibers & Properties

Illustrated with thousands of vivid pictures, this encyclopaedia is filled with original ideas for dull, featureless and problem windows. It also deals with many other subjects such as pillows, seat cushions, bedding, lambrequins, cornices, swags and shades. Every type of window is covered, from corner to clarestory, from bay to bow, picture and palladian. In addition to the 14 main chapters, there are several glossaries explaining decorating terms, textile fibres and their properties, drapery fabrics, basic window types, fabrics and fabric terms.

arles Randall started in the soft furnishing business in 1976, working as a drapery installer. After a few years, he then started selling window treatments for the largest drapery company in California. After three years as a top salesman, he started a successful window decorating and manufacturing company in 1980. in 1987, he wrote the first comprehensive book on window decorating of its kind, instantly becoming an international bestseller. After selling 1,000,000 copies, it remains the best-organised, most comprehensive window decorating book of its kind.

Soft furnishings – from curtains and cushions, to bed and table linen – can provide the perfect finishing touches to a room, adding an injection of colour and pattern. So often, store-bought furnishings are either hugely expensive or mass-produced, but The Home-Sewn Home shows you the easy way to create your own, using the wonderful fabrics designed by Vanessa Arbuthnott. There are 50 inspiring step-by-step projects, all with easy-to-follow step artworks and instructions.

The projects range from a simple cushion and table runner for the novice stitcher, through to lined curtains with an array of different headings, blinds, bed throws and table linen. There is a chapter on accessories, including a cook’s apron, a tote bag and table mats, which also make great presents, while the basic techniques chapter teaches you all the skills you need to make any of the projects.

Throughout the book, Vanessa offers practical advice on mixing fabrics, colours and patterns, helping you to achieve a truly individual look in your home. There are variations, too, allowing you to adapt the projects to suit your own surroundings. Whether you have just bought your first sewing machine, or want to find new ways to use Vanessa’s stunning fabrics, The Home-Sewn Home will show you the way.

About the author

Vanessa Arbuthnott started her own fabric design business ten years ago and was soon featured in Country Living and the Saturday Telegraph. She has never looked back and her enthusiasm for designing fabric is as strong as ever. This is her first book. Vanessa is based in Gloucestershire, UK.

Gail Abbott is a home stylist and writer whose work regularly appears in interiors magazines such as The World of Interiors, Homes & Gardens and Ideal Home. She is the author of nine books, including Shoestring Chic, Living with Light, Decorating with Blue and White, Living with White, and The Newly-Wed’s Guide to Setting up Home, all published by CICO Books. Gail is based in Cambridge, UK.

This beautiful book draws on the rich collections of the Musée de la Toile de Jouy to produce the first-ever complete history of these textiles. The illustrations include original designs conserved in the museum, exceptional historical examples of clothing and furniture, documents relating to their manufacture and to the founding of the company, and examples of contemporary uses.

When printed and painted cottons from India first appeared in France in the 17th century, there was a reaction to their enormous commercial success and an embargo was placed on their import. In 1759 this ban was lifted, and the Manufacture Royale de Jouy was founded to produce printed cotton fabrics that could compete with the popular imported ones. Within a few years, the factory was the biggest of its kind in Europe and some 30,000 designs were created, many of them the work of renowned 18th-century artists such as Fragonard and Boucher.

The Toile de Jouy textile has become increasingly popular among designers and decorators, who incorporate its classic patterns in upholstery, wallpaper, linens and stationery. For anyone interested in the history of textiles or design, or looking for fresh ideas for interior decor, this book will be an inspiration and a fascinating reference.

Originally referring only to the famed fabrics of Jouy-en-Josas,‘toiles de Jouy’ has today become the catch-all term for the delightful printed cottons preferred by the aristocratic elite in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France, made famous by the palaces of Marie-Antoinette and Empress Josephine. Sarah Grant introduces the design, dyeing, and printing processes that created these textiles, and their role in interior decoration and clothing, both then and now. Sumptuous new photography of the V&A’s extensive toiles collection illustrates the cottons’ diversity – floral, literary, antique, allegorical, bucolic and ‘exotic’, among others – offering inspiration to everyone with an interest in textiles and interiors.

This guide to the identification of motifs, designs and patterns of the rich weaving traditions of the Near East and Central Asia is an indispensable resource on Oriental rugs and carpets.

The book is divided into six major regional and tribal groupings, covering Anatolian, Baluchi, Caucasian, Kurdish, Persian and Turkmen motifs. These are further subdivided into sections which give more precise attributions and motif types, and examine the derivations and uses of medallions, field repeats and borders, as well as the relationships between them.

Pattern recognition has long been used to determine the origin and age of rugs, and this detailed analysis of designs and their component elements provides a vital key to accurate attribution.

Lavishly illustrated throughout, this book has become an invaluable aid to identifying the enormous variety of tribal and village rug motifs. It is also a treasure house of creative inspiration for designers of all kinds.

Peter F. Stone is an expert on Oriental carpets and the author of several books, including The Oriental Rug Lexicon.

The Hoffmeister Collection is one of the best and most extensive private collections of antique and historic Turkmen knotted carpets in Western Europe and America. It competes alongside important collections from Western museums as well as those in Russia and Turkmenistan.

With almost 200 objects - among which are distinguished carpets and bags - artistic excellence and historical significance come together. As one of the first to do so, Hoffmeister has determined the age of these knotted works of the Turkmen with the aid of radio-carbon techniques. According to the results from the science and technology university ETH in Zurich, the earliest pieces of the collection originate from the sixteenth century. Both the cultural significance of the collection and the scientific and artistic value of its pieces are discussed in this book.

The readers can really sense the texture of these knotted wares through the brilliant photography, which carry them away on a journey into the lost world of the Steppes folk of Central Asia.

Over the course of the past two decades a previously unrecognized genre of startlingly modern looking large flat woven hangings and covers (gelims) has emerged from an isolated highland region in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. No one had imagined that hidden in the forests south of the Caspian Sea there could have existed such sophisticated treasures, which in their deceptive simplicity of abstract patterning and subtle colouring are much in accord with the aesthetic canons of contemporary ‘minimalist’ art. Published in association with Hali.

About the Author
Parviz Tanavoli is an internationally recognized contemporary Iranian painter and sculptor, his work has been exhibited in museum and art galleries around the world and can be found in the British Museum, MOMA, New York, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among other public and private collections. He lives and works between Vancouver, Canada and Tehran.

This attractive series reveals the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title includes a free CD of high-resolution images.

Chinese Textiles moves through the centuries highlighting the motifs of luxurious courtly robes, floral silks intended for the export market, and even the tongue-in-cheek patterns of Vivienne Tam.

A global survey of more than 100 artists, chosen by art-world professionals for their work with threads, stitching, and textiles

Celebrating tapestry, embroidery, stitching, textiles, knitting, and knotting as used by visual artists worldwide, Vitamin T is the latest in the celebrated series in which leading curators, critics, and art professionals nominate living artists for inclusion. As boundaries between art and craft have blurred, artists have increasingly embraced these materials and methods, with the resulting works being coveted by collectors and exhibited in museums worldwide.

Vitamin T is a vibrant and incredibly timely survey – the first of its kind.

About the Author

Jenelle Porter was formerly senior curator at ICA Boston and curator at ICA Philadelphia and is author of numerous publications and essays on contemporary art and craft.

This revised Window and Bed Sketchbook has been designed to introduce decorators to a selection of basic curtain shapes for various windows. The following pages detail some of the variations that can be achieved by simply adding a trimming, some top stitching or mixing different fabrics together. Wendy has taken some classic styles and brought them up to date by using less fabric to give them a sleeker more modern twist.

Contents include:

• 300 black line sketches of design ideas for curtains/drapes
• Sketches can be reduced and added to a sample board
• Important section of passementerie (trimming)
• Alternative window coverings
• Bed coronas and half testers for traditional bedrooms
• Four-poster beds traditional and modern
• Accessories

Wendy Baker is an interior decorator with clients in Europe and the United States. She specializes in traditional heritage buildings. Her design ideas stem from her great knowledge of the industry and her world travels.

Doing what no other window treatment book has done before, Window Treatments Idea Book offers hundreds of the latest ideas from hands-on experts for decorating windows of every type, including bays, bows, and unusual shapes. It also provides quick-and-easy style ideas and professional advice for modifying and embellishing off-the-shelf curtains and drapes. Whether you want to update your homes style or find fresh ideas for a new home, this book will give you the inspiration you need to get the look youre after.