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Product information

 

Allover
A fabric with an allover pattern. Curtain jargon for a pattern that is spread evenly over the overall surface of the material.

 

Batiste
A fine, often densely woven curtain fabric, usually made of cotton, linen, half-linen or blended yarns.

 

Burn out (Devoré)
Type of pattern for curtains where the pattern is achieved using a time-consuming burn out process. This takes advantage of the different chemical behaviour of various natural and synthetic fibres. Mixed fabrics/knitted fabrics made of polyester/cellulose are mainly used to produce burn out curtain fabrics. The see-through pattern, which later appears transparent, is achieved by applying corrosive liquids or protective chemicals. These burn out the cellulose content of the fabric while the resistant chemical fibre remains unchanged. The durability and care properties of the base fabric remain fully intact during this process. This technique makes it possible to achieve attractive, large-scale break through effects that create a particularly impressive effect when used to decorate large window spaces. The knit piece produced using the burn out technique is fine and easy to decorate.

 

Calender
From the French ‘calandre’. A machine with a number of vertically-arranged rollers, which are often heated and counter-rotating, used to flatten or emboss leather, fabric and paper. Also called an embossing calender.

 

Chenille
Chenille is a fabric where a caterpillar-like yarn with protruding thread ends is used for the weft. In terms of look and feel, chenille is similar to velvet: It is durable, warming, usually opaque and mainly used as a decorative fabric. For floor-to-ceiling decorations, chenille is processed in such a way that the weft thread runs vertically. This influences the way the folds hang, giving it a subtle Velcro effect. Chenille helps reduce energy costs and improves a room’s acoustics.

 

Coordinates
Home and household textiles where the colour and pattern match perfectly; often purchased as sets.

 

Cordon
ADO Cordon® string curtain. Curtain made using (machine) crocheted yarns where the individual threads hand down loosely. It can be cut to the desired measurements. Used in professional spheres at trade fairs or in exhibition spaces. Also suitable as a room partition.

 

Crash
A fully synthetic material that produces the desired wrinkled effect upon shrinking/pressing and thermal fixing or following chemical treatment. It is best not to use weight tape if you have a strong crash effect. Do not iron!

 

Curtains
Collective term for fabrics for window decoration. Compared with decorative fabrics, curtains are transparent and ensure pleasant light conditions in the room. There are many different production and pattern techniques for curtains. The majority of curtains are produced with synthetic fibres (polyester fibres) and generally have the following properties:

• High strength

• High dimensional stability

• Low maintenance (easy and quick to clean, short drying time, drip-dry)

• High light fastness (level of brightness remains unchanged, even under intense sunlight)

• Highly resistant to UV radiation

 

Decoration
How a room is decorated in terms of windows, walls and floor. There are no rules. It always depends on the space at hand and the personal taste of the occupant.

 

Decorative fabric
Collective term for all curtain and wall covering fabrics used to design, decorate and adorn rooms.

 

Design
In fabric manufacture, this also refers to the work of the designer, which includes designing patterns appropriate for the material and applying them to the fabric using various production techniques.

 

Drapery
A window decoration that consists of curtain and/or decorative fabric.

 

Embroidery
Embroidery is one of the oldest and most sophisticated textile finishing techniques. It involves the sewing of a design on fabric using thread or cord as the embroidery material (e.g., cotton yarn, linen, silver/gold yarn, metal thread). The thread itself may also be decorated in the process or provided with additional decorative elements (appliqué, beading). There are a wide variety of embroidery techniques, which are distinguished according to the type of embroidery stitch (e.g., cross stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch, herringbone stitch, French knot, buttonhole stitch), the embroidery material/yarn as well as the base fabric used. Unlike hand embroidery, a distinctive feature of machine embroidery is that the stitches and motifs are entirely even.

 

Fibres
Raw material used to make textiles. The two major categories are natural and synthetic fibres.

 

Finishing
The process of finishing fabrics by adding special substances to increase the utility value of the textile.

 

Flame retardant
It is possible to minimise the flammability of fabrics by using special fibres and finishes. This way, the textiles do not catch fire as fast and do not burn completely.

 

Flock
Curtain pattern where the design is created using short fibres applied at specific places on the curtain.

 

Head
Protruding decorative hem at the upper end of the curtain that conceals running rails and rolling rings.

 

Home textiles
Collective term for bed clothes, towels and table linen, bedding and blankets/duvets.

 

Household textiles
Collective term for curtains, decorative textiles, furniture fabrics and textile floor coverings.

 

Inbetween
A fabric that can be used both as a curtain and a decorative fabric due to its fabric construction. It is more transparent and lighter than a decorative fabric and more tightly woven than a conventional curtain.

 

Jacquard decorative fabric
Elaborately patterned fabric produced on a weaving machine with the Jacquard mechanism. Joseph Marie Jacquard invented this mechanism in 1805, thereby making it possible to create large or highly detailed patterns.

 

Jacquard pattern
Patterned, woven fabrics. Named after the inventor of the Jacquard loom, Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard. Jacquard looms are used to create the special pattern of this fabric. They control individual warp threads. This way, patterns are created at the fabric production stage.

 

Light fastness (colour fastness)
The resistance of colours or colour printing against the influence of natural or artificial light. Intense exposure to light alters colour over time.

 

Macramé
Macramé is an Oriental knotting technique for making ornaments and textiles. The word ‘macramé’ comes from the Arabic word ‘miqrama’ and means ‘knotted veil’. It is used to for finishing window decorations.

 

Net curtain
A net-like transparent curtain. A distinction is made between long (floor length) and short (window height) net curtains.

 

Organza
A light, veil-like fabric made of natural or synthetic fibres. The light, delicate wrinkles are intended here. Organza, also called monofilament, is a thin, transparent fabric.

 

Paisley
Paisley, or Paisley pattern, is an abstract, decorative pattern. The pattern is sometimes called ‘Persian pickles’ in the U.S. It resembles a large comma in its most basic form. Paisley takes its name from the Scottish town near Glasgow from which the pattern came. It was an important centre for textile processing in the 19th century. The origin of the pattern goes back to a floral design from the Himalayan principality of Kashmir. It went from there to India. English soldiers brought woven scarves featuring the pattern back to the UK, where it was imitated as a woven and print design in Paisley.

 

Panel curtain
Curtain system that looks like a sliding door covered in fabric. Velcro is used to attach the panels to prefabricated panels that run on sliders.

 

Passementerie
Collective term for decorative textile articles such as laces, fringes, netting, braids, trimmings and tassels. Passementerie can be used as decorative stylistic devices in different colours, materials and finishes, and are also useful, for example, for gathering fabrics.

 

Pattern
Decorative designs on textiles.

 

Pelmet
A valance at the upper end of a window decoration. Also used to describe the lower part of upholstered furniture.

 

Pigment printing
A type of direct printing. Colour pigments are applied directly onto the fabric and fixed. It is also possible to use metal pigments.

 

Polyester
A durable synthetic fibre with a high level of dimensional stability and light fastness.

 

Ready made
The process of producing textile products. Curtains and decorative fabrics are cut to size and stitched according to customer requirements.

 

Repeat
The recurrence of a motif within a pattern on a fabric.

 

Roman blind
Fabric blind that uses vertically positioned strips or bars so that it hangs in decorative folds when pulled up.

 

Room-Height
Original width of the fabric is used as the height with floor-to-ceiling fabrics. It is possibly to vary the width of the fabric without seams being necessary.

 

Satin
Satin is an eye-catching fabric with a shiny top surface. It is therefore often used for decorative purposes due to its elegant look.

 

Scherli
Usually a light ground fabric such as voile. Additional effect threads are woven in according to a pattern. Fibres that are not interwoven hang loosely on the rear side of the fabric and are sheered off after weaving.

 

SF
Secure fibre, see flame retardant

 

Shantung yarn
Shantung silk is originally from China. It is plain woven wild silk fabric with an irregular weave pattern with characteristic bulges. This often results in a streaky effect called ‘Shantung’. Nowadays it is often imitated using easy-to-clean structured polyester yarn.

 

Single-colour
Plain

 

String curtain
See Cordon.

 

Textile wall-covering
The ADO CoverTex® wall covering system offers a high-quality alternative to wallpaper and is simple and quick to apply. Full walls or just parts of the wall can be covered with fabric.

 

Thermo Chenille
Decorative fabrics made from thermal chenille function as heat insulators in front of windows and ensure the textile insulation of a room. It is an attractive and effective energy saver that can be added at any time. Thermo Chenille fabric is also sound absorbing, which is particularly effective in rooms with high ceilings or hard floors such as tiles, parquet flooring or laminate.

 

Upholstery fabric
Upholstery fabrics are suitable for upholstering furniture and are therefore very durable as well as characterized by high abrasion resistance.

 

Voile
French for ‘veil’. Voile is a light-weight fabric made of very highly twisted yarns that is used for curtains.

 

Weight tape
Ribbon-like weight consisting of small lead balls that is inserted at the lower hem of the curtain or decorative fabric in order to ensure the window decoration hangs evenly. A golden thread is twisted around the weight tape (“Goldkante”). The ADO “Goldkante” is a special trademark of ADO.

 

Window decoration
Collective term for curtains, decorative fabrics, blinds, shutters or louvers.