drapery

Hanging window cloth

Drapery is cloth arranged in loose folds, especially as decoration or clothing.

The word often refers to heavy curtains: The drapery blocked out the morning light.

In art, drapery describes the representation of fabric and its folds in painting or sculpture.

The term can also mean fabric goods collectively, or a shop selling them.

curtains

curtains

Hanging fabric window covers

panels · tiers · tiebacks · cornice · pelmet · jabot · festoon · grommet · pleated · blackout

fabric

velvet

Thick-pile textile

  • silkFine woven insect fiber
  • damaskReversible figured fabric
  • brocadeRaised-pattern luxury fabric

chintz · voile · jacquard · muslin · linen · taffeta · organza · chiffon · batiste · tulle

folds

pleats

Doubled-over fabric folds

shirring · tucks · creases · pintuck · smocking · cascade · pooling · puddling · billowing · flowing

artistic

folds

Bends upon itself

painting · classical · toga · robes · garments · chiaroscuro · Baroque · Renaissance · Bernini · modeling

luxury

opulent

Ostentatiously wealthy

ornate · plush · richness · grandeur · gilded · extravagant · regal · palatial · stately · formal

trimming

tassels

Ornamental hanging tufts

braid · piping · cording · bullion · gimp · rosettes · pompoms · beading · embroidery · applique

Categories
Opposites
window covering type

draperyblinds

Adjustable slatted window coverings

shutters · roller shades · plantation shutters · mini blinds · vertical blinds

surface treatment

draperybareness

Lack of covering

nakedness · unadorned · stark · stripped · minimalism

material quality

draperyburlap

Coarse woven fiber

canvas

Phrases
Family

drape, draped, drapes, draperies, draper, undraped

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G