The origin of the term ‘textile' can be traced back to the Latin terminology. The textile tradition of India is perhaps the world's oldest textile tradition. Textile serves a variety of purposes like clothing, carpeting, and furnishing. Textiles are also used for industrial purposes. The material used to prepare various kinds of textiles for the textile industry is generally known as Textile Fabric. Because of the higher quality and durability, the textile fabrics in the contemporary period in demand both in the domestic and global market.
The availability of the textile fabric can also be classified into various types. The broad categorization of textile fabric includes textile furnishing fabric and textile apparel fabric . The various types of textile fabric are Plastic Fabric; Cotton Fabric; Chiffon Fabric; Cotton Canvas; Crepe Fabric; Narrow Fabric; Industrial Fabric; Furnishing Fabric; Jacquard Fabric, Yarn-dyed Fabric; Laminated Fabric; Quilted Fabric' Upholstery Fabric; Non-woven Fabric, Woven Fabric.
Textile fabric also serves a variety of purposes. The uses of textile fabric includes: crafting of carpets and rugs; making embroidered apparel and garments; used for making home furnishing products; making various types of textile accessories; making plastic products, tents and camps, designing jute products like bags, rugs, wall-décor and other types of decoration items, making embroidery threads and sewing threads designing woolen garments, blankets and woolen accessories, making mosquito nets, insect nets and bug nets. Textile fabrics are either natural or synthetic. According to the contemporary needs and constant innovation of textile fabrics, they have also been made water-proof, oil-resistant and ultra-violet rays resistant.
