Funeral merchandising: casket interiors and styles
Muslin
A basic, plain-woven cotton fabric. Typically used for orthodox Jewish caskets.
Semi-tailored
A casket interior style that combines tailored with one or more other interior styles.
Linen
A fabric made from flax, noted for its strength, coolness, and luster.
Velvet
A fabric of silk, cotton, and possible rayon with a nap.
Satin
A fabric woven to create a smooth, lustrous face, and dull back.
Shirred
A style of casket interior in which the material is drawn or gathered in parallel fashion in a multiple needle head sewing process.
Crepe
A thin, crinkled cloth of silk, rayon, cotton, or wool.
Carriage Puffing
AKA buggy tufting. Diamond Shaped
Examples of backing materials are:
Cardboard Fiberboard Masselin Plastic
The most common tufts are
Carriage puffing Biscuit puffing
Tufted
Casket interior created by placing a padding material between a lining material and a backing material with subsequent stitches taken, forming small, raised puffs.
Crushed
Casket interior created by placing the lining material on a metal form, weights added, the material steamed, and then attached to backing material.
Tailored
Casket interior that has a tightly drawn form.
Styles can be
Combined
Examples of padding materials are:
Cotton Polyethylene foam Shredded paper Spun polyester Excelsior
Low to mid range caskets typically have what type of lining material?
Crepe
Lining materials include
Crepe Muslin Satin Velvet Linen
Also used are specialty
Head panels
Velvet interior lining is typically found in
Higher quality caskets.
Padded materials would include
Pillow Throw Extendover
Masselin
Pressed paper in sheet form.
Biscuit Puffing
Rows of squares
Lesser quality caskets typically have what type of lining material?
Satin
Casket interior styles include
Shirred Crushed Tufted Tailored Semi-tailored
Excelsior
Shredded wood wool
Backing materials give
casket lining body and support -casket roll -casket panels
Padding Materials are found
where the deceased or family might touch.
