Know Your Home Furnishings / Edition 2

by Virginia Hencken Elsasser, Julia Ridgway Sharp

Overview

A comprehensive resource for understanding the categories of consumer goods for the home and the raw products utilized to make them, Know Your Home Furbanishings, Second Edition, enables students to understand the major categories of home furbanishings and the diverse consumer demand for fashionable and functional products. This new edition is up-to-date with all the latest industry trends and important people. With new material covering kitchenware, electronics, window treatments, and historical furbaniture, Know Your Home Furbanishings is more indispensable than ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628927566
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/15/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 3.70(d)

About the Author

Virginia Hencken Elsasser is an Associate Professor at Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Julia Sharp is an Assistant Professor at Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I: Introduction to the Home Furbanishing Industry
1. Home Furbanishings and the Marketplace

Part II: Materials in Home Furbanishings
2. Textiles
3. Wood
4. Glass
5. Pottery
6. Plastics
7. Metals
8. Other Materials

Part III: The Categories of Home Furbanishings
9. Furbaniture
10. Bedding
11. Linens and Window Treatments
12. Carpets, Rugs, and Flooring
13. Tableware and Kitchenware
14. Lighting
15. Paints and Wallcoverings

Glossary
Index