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Cafe Curtains

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Traversing rod curtain

Rod pocket Curtain

Box Pleat

Goblet Pleat

Roman/Austrian/ Balloon

Flat

Tiebacks

Hardware
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Stage Draperies

Drapery: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds: non-operable

Curtain: suspended cloth that travels back and forth to hide and reveal the scene operable

Pleated Shades: Pleated shades are made of fabric with crisp, evenly spaced horizontal pleats. They are a less expensive alternative to honeycomb cellular shades, having only one layer of fabric and no insulating cells in between layers. Consequently, they provide less insulation. The other main difference is that pleated shades have visible cords running through them. The pleated shade is available in a number of specialty shapes.

Sheers: Curtain window treatments made with sheer fabric that allows daylight in while providing limited privacy.Fine, translucent fabrics such as organdy and voile that filter daylight while preserving privacy.

Hourglass Curtain: A sash curtain tied at the center to create a "waisted" effect like the curves of an hourglass that keeps time or like that description which refers to the female body.

Café Curtain: A curtain that covers only the bottom half of the window. Frequently seen in kitchens. Short curtains hung on a rod. Curtains hung to cover the bottom part of a window and are usually kept closed. They originated in Vienna in the 19th century.

Traversing Rod Curtain: A traversing rod allows the curtains or draperies to be operated by a cord and pulley. A two-way traverse rod operates two curtains/draperies in opposite directions at once.

Rod Pocket Curtain: A curtain where the top forms a pocket which is gathered onto a rod or pole. Curtains are hung from the pole.

Box Pleats: A design in drapery at the top of the treatment that is formed by folding the fabric to the backside of the pleat in a "box" shape. A flat symmetrical pleat formed by folding the fabric to the back at each side of the pleat.

Goblet pleats: Similar to Pinch pleats, the top edge is pushed out and padded to form a goblet shape. A pleat that is pushed out and filled with curtain lining instead of folded inward.

French pleats: Hand-sewn triple pleats separated by flat areas on a curtain heading. Also called pinch pleats.

Pinch Pleats: A style of pleat, usually triple folded, used at the header of curtain window treatments. Regularly spaced triple pleats, used for curtain, drapery, or valance headings. They can be formed by hand or using a decorator tape that either pulls up with cords or has pockets for special pleater hooks.

Roman Shade: A fabric shade that is drawn upward into either flat or teardrop shaped pleats. When fully lowered, the fabric is a flat panel. A very classic style, roman shades are the simpler cousins of Austrian shades and balloon shades. A window shade made from fabric that hangs flat when down but folds like an accordion when raised. A flat shade with dowels slotted horizontally up the back, so it can easily be pulled up into soft horizontal folds.

Austrian Shade: An elaborate shade made out of fabric. When raised, the fabric draws upward in deep scallops. Similar to a roman shade or a balloon shade. A soft fabric shade that pulls up on vertical cords into swags and appears gently scrunched at the base when let down.

Balloon Shade: A shade with inverted pleats formed out of fabric, resulting in large round puffs at the bottom. Its operation is similar to a Roman or Austrian shade. A shade that has fullness in the width, sometimes formed into inverted pleats, and is raised and lowered by cords threaded through rings at the back.

Tieback: A band, cord, ribbon, chain, or other means of tying back a curtain to the wall. Fabric, rope, ribbon, trim, or other materials used to hold curtain window treatments back.

Under curtains: Curtains that hang behind the main curtains or draperies.

Stationary curtains: Draperies in which the heading does not move; they may be held open by tiebacks, holdbacks, or reefing, or they may be sheer curtains that are permanently closed, such as a sash curtain.

Puddle: A decorative technique that encompasses the excess length of a drapery being situated on to the floor and arranged to look like the drape flows into a 'puddle'. The excess fabric from a drapery or curtain that is on the floor.

Stage Drapery: The organization of fabric and tracking for theatrical use. A hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance.

Festoon: a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful loops.

Stack back: The space taken up by pleated curtains or draperies when open; it is also the area on either side of a window, where curtains or draperies are stacked back.

Hardware: The equipment that operates, adorns, or supports drapery and curtains. Available in many styles, materials, and themes.