Tassel Fringes

Tassels can prove to be a beautiful option for decorating your house. It can dramatically add elegance, color or even fun to the entire interior. Just pick a couple of tassels with you favorite embellishments and you are all set to dress up your house with sheer elegance and style. Tassels have been in use since time immemorial. They sort of symbolize rank, status and luxury and that is precisely the reason why tassels are extensively used by military officials and religious sects to display honor and reverence. The most outstanding example of it is the graduation tassel dangling via mortar board.

 

Types of Tassels
Tassels are distinguished by the kind of 'skirt' or the swishy, dangling part they carry. As per that classifications, there are basically four different types of tassels which can be used for various purposes. Take a look:

 

Cut Tassels: Cut tassels are the ones whose each thread in the skirt is cut loose for a free flowing effect.

 

Bullion Tassels: Bullion tassels refer to the tassels which twisted ends without thread cuts.

 

Molded Tassels: The term 'mold' with regard to tassel refers to the wrapped head of a tassel. The simplest of tassels use the skirt threads only, to form the mold but other decorative tassels also use porcelain or wooden molds to secure the skirt well in place.

 

Combination Tassels: Combination tassels use bullion cores with cut edges. It not only adds volume to the tassel but also restricts dangling rather effectively.

 

Buying Factors For Tassels
There are a couple of factors which one should remember while buying a tassel fringe. Take a look:

Material Used
Make sure that the tassel fringe you are picking, matches well with your interiors. For example, a fine silk tassel would obviously look out of place with a denim floor pillow. Thus, tassel fringe material should be considered on a priority basis while buying a tassel fringe.

 

Durability
One has to be careful about the durability of tassel as it should be strong enough to bear frequent movements, touchings and manipulations.

 

Size
The length of the tassel fringe should be complementing to the thing on which it is being used. For example, a small single beaded tassel would not be noticed while accentuating a bed canopy or conversely a long tassel would overshadow a small silk ring carrying pillow.

 

Tassel Fringe Uses