FURNISHING AND INTERIOR DESIGN GLOSSARY
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VALANCE - shallow drapery treatment placed at the heading of a window concealing hardware (Rod pocket, Board Mounted, Box-pleated, Kick-pleated, Stagecoach, Shirred-Balloon, Shaped, etc.)
VAULTED CEILING - ceiling forming an arched canopy
VANE - single slat of a vertical blind
VARNISH - a liquid coating spread and allowed to dry forming a protective coating
VERDIGRIS - greenish patina found on aged brass, bronze or copper
VELOUR - soft, velvety cut-pile textured fabric
VELVET WEAVE - two clothes are woven at the same time, face to face, and cut apart by a shuttle knife from the loom to create a short, dense warp pile
---FIGURED VELVET - cut and uncut loops creating a motif in the weave
VENEER - paper-thin wood sheets applied to the outer surface of furniture, which are often inlaid in decorative patterns or matched to create various patterns
VENEER MATCH - patterns created by placing patterned wood together in various combinations (Slip, Diamond, Checkerboard, Reverse Diamond, Book, Running, Center, Balanced Match)
VERTICAL BLIND - window treatment with head rail housing a track to operate rotating fabric or vinyl vertical vanes or louvers
VINTAGE FABRIC - fabrics distinguished by age, color, pattern, weave and patina
VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE - life-like, 3D experience of a real or imagined space
VINYL - fiber made with a manufactured compound polymer
VISION - the ability to perceive something that does not yet exists; mental image, keen foresight
VISCOSE - rayon fiber of superior quality used in many decorative fabrics, often used to imitate silk
VITRINE - Glass display cabinet with glass shelves designed to highlight special collections of china or unique artifacts
VOILE - thin, translucent fabric with tightly twisted yarns
VOLUME - space required by a three-dimensional object, cubic capacity
VOLUMETRIC - measurement by volume
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