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A Guide to Acoustic Textiles
Sound bounces off hard surfaces and reverberates, reducing privacy, ambience, and speech intelligibility within interior spaces.
Textiles and soft furnishings work to absorb these reverberations; however, not all textiles perform equally as absorption depends on the weight, composition, and/or construction.
Due to mass, drapery textiles are the best source of sound absorption. Performance can be enhanced by:
· Installing folded/layered fabric (e.g. pleated curtains or linings)
· Hanging curtains a small distance off the wall
· Softening opposing walls to reduce sound waves travelling wall to wall
MEASURING ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
MEASURING ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
FR-One textiles are tested for sound absorption in accordance with EN ISO 354 and provided with an official Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) between 0 and 1. 0 denotes a hard surface where all noise is reverberated, while 1 denotes a textile which absorbs all sound.
These results are commonly converted to a sound absorption class as per ISO 11654, from A to E. Although A-rated textiles achieve the highest absorption rating, those rated B or C will also effectively reduce sound reverberation.
DESIGNS WITH SUPERIOR SOUND ABSORPTION
DESIGNS WITH SUPERIOR SOUND ABSORPTION
Plaids and checks have long been woven into textile history, each with distinct origins and intricate designs. This article unravels their meanings, the differences between tartan and Scottish tartan, and their presence in our fabric collection.
