The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
Fabric arranged in soft folds to cover a window in a fashionable and functional manner.
A heavy-full-length curtain with a pleated heading; the term is often shortened to ìdrape.î It is also used to mean draped fabric such as a swag.
Table linen arranged decoratively.
Representation in painting or sculpture, of the various folds formed by cloth as it falls, especially in clothing or hangings.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
a window treatment using draped fabric
A curtain or hanging, often arranged in folds
Today this term is used generically to describe the fabric panels used to dress windows. However, its origin goes way back... Traditionally, windows were covered with three types of curtains: a sash curtain to filter light; a draw curtain to block out light; and an over-drapery to which was purely decorative. The over-drapery is now just called a drapery.
a draped fabric window treatment
forms where drops of mineral-laden water trickle down the underside of an inclined ceiling, leaving a deposit which folds and curls like a curtain.
Long panels usually made from medium to heavy weight fabric and lined. Draperies often have a pleated heading, which is opened and closed by a cord or track system.(See example) Finial - Ornamental hardware used to decorate the ends of drapery or curtain rods or poles, finials may be simple brass spheres or wood tips or be custom-made to fie a particular window theme.
Curtain window treatments covering, usually lined, made of mid- to heavyweight fabrics, and extending to the floor.
Type of glass manufacture. Ridges and folds are formed in glass to resemble the draping effect of clothing or material. Used extensively by Tiffany and some other designers of fine leaded glass.
a speleothem that is formed when water deposits calcite in thin sheets that hang in delicate folds.
Drapery refers to a window covering which is usually hung from a traverse rod.
An arrangement of window coverings; curtains.
decorative fabric hung in folds to create a curtain
Drapery refers to cloth or textiles (Old French drap, from Late Latin drappus"Perhaps of Celtic origin" OED.) used for decorative purposes or to the trade of selling cloth. Even small British towns had several drapers' shops until quite recently, when ready-made clothes, curtains, etc have become the norm. Several department stores originated as drapers' shops.