Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles

By Phyllis G. Tortora and Robert S. Merkel

Features over 14,000 definitions of fibres, fabrics, laws and regulations affecting textile materials and processing, inventors of textile technology, business and trade terms relevant to textiles. This dictionary is a useful reference for those working in the textile industry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870057073
• ISBN13: 9780870057076
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Fairchild Publications
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 3.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Fun for perusing

The quickest way to become textile literate is to dive into this dictionary. It is also good to keep next to your favorite books, so you do not have to guess at the occasional workday when you do not take the time to elaborate on them. 10 minutes into the dictionary, I finally learned that "carbonate" is not some sort of BBQ. Though professions and avocations require unique terminology of you are going to do it well. The dictionary has interesting items in the margins, as on page 290, there are drafts of regular and irregular satin weaves. There are pictures of reeds and reels. Just about anything that needs a graph to explain is in the margin. "Definitions of key terms can be fairly extensive, with comprehensive descriptions including details about historic background, geographic references, and uses both past and present."