FURNISHING AND INTERIOR DESIGN GLOSSARY
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LACE - handmade or manufactured open work fabric formed by a system of threads
LACQUER - synthetic coatings drying to form a protective film
LALIQUE - Renee Lalique (1860 - 1945), French Art Nouveau glassware designer
LAMBREQUIN - decorative wood frame formed around sides and top of window, often padded and fabric covered
LAMINATED - fabric made of cloth layers joined together
LAMP - light source i.e. bulb, also used to describe a light fixture
LATEX - milky fluid used to seal the back of carpet
LATTICE - open work fabric featuring diagonal crisscross patterns
LAYOUT - defining spaces for a specific purpose, prior arrangement of design to be implemented
LEADED GLASS WINDOW - decorative window created with small pieces of clear, beveled or colored glass or jewels soldered together with lead came and framed in wood
LEAD TIME - amount of time required to receive a product once it has been ordered
LEVEL LOOP - tufted carpet construction where all loops are the same pile height
LALIQUE - French glass artisan influential during the Art Nouveau movement
LINEN - thread or woven fabric made from natural flax cellulose fibers, which offers strength, texture and luster
LINEN FOLD - carved wood detailing representing fabric folds on paneling, typically found in Tudor detailing
LINING - any fabric used for backing drapery, bedding, table runners, etc. which is often light weight, but can be heavier to block out light
LINOLEUM - natural flooring made of linseed oil, cork dust, wood flour, tree resins, ground limestone and pigments
LINTEL - horizontal wood member used structural to span an opening
LISSERIE - jacquard stripe simulating silk and embroidery
LOOM - frame or machine for interlacing vertical parallel threads (SEE WARP) and horizontal parallel threads (SEE FILLING)
LOUVER - horizontal slats framed in on a 45 degree angle to shed rain and allow circulation, often operable
LAMINAR - entire lighting unit
LUMEN - uniform unit of light flux illumination and brightness through one square meter of surface
LUMINAIRE - complete lighting unit including lamp, housing, reflector and electrical components
LUSTER - decorative hand-blown, cut or etched glass pendant used on a candlestick or chandelier
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