| abstract |
Provided is a high-quality decorative material wherein linear light guides or linear light emitting bodies, such as optical fibers, are not easily damaged and also do not easily give rise to offsetting of the weave even when used, for example, in applications where people sit, applications where touched, etc. A decorative material 1 is provided with a seamed part 4 that includes a bag structure part 3 formed from a tubular structure and one or more linear bodies 2 disposed within the bag structure part 3. The linear bodies 2 are formed from linear light guides or linear light emitting bodies, and the warp fibers forming the bag structure 3 are constituted so as to at least include thermally fused fibers. The warp fibers are preferably constituted of twisted fibers wherein fused fibers and unfused fibers are twisted together. |