WINDOW HANGINGS

Evening Star, Issue 21092, 3 May 1932, Page 2

WINDOW HANGINGS

THE LATEST STYLES The latest fashion in curtain-hanging involves omitting the pelmet altogether and dropping the curtain from a rod by means of rings and cords. This gives an entirely now complexion to the window and its arrangement, and recalls the medieval treatment of the arras. At a recent exhibition held at Burlington House, London, the method was applied to some effective linen hangings appliqucd in two contrasting colours. About a dozen small iron rings (brass corrodes so rapidly) had been sewn to tho curtain top, the same number had been slung on to tho slender iron rod, and the two rows wero joined by a thick cord in the colours

appearing in tlio curtail. Each end or the cord had been kiotted into a loop and a long hanging strip, the latter unravelled and knotted like a friar’s girdle. About half a cozen yards of cord must have been vsed, and very good was the effect. To the practical woiran this method will at once appeal ai a magnificent way of adapting a ratlor short curtain to a rather lofty windnv or door. The more generous the siaco allowed for the cords, the more imposing will be the ensemble, and thcr thickness must, of course, be in proportion to the heaviness of the material, Matching card is now employed in place of galon as dimming for long curtains, and also is a finish for the ordinary pelmet, i adds to the solidity of both, and raises the material to hang in a more dignified fashion.