Drapery
A drapery (from French drap 'cloth') is a drapery made of decoratively arranged textiles (lengths of fabric, cloths, carpets, etc.) that - usually gathered or folded , sometimes blown by the wind - a figure, an architectural element or a piece of furniture play around. The term is used not only for curtains that actually consist of fabric, but also for those that are made or painted from other materials (e.g. stucco or marble ).
Visual arts
In the fine arts , draperies were already known in ancient times and in the Middle Ages. Particularly from the 17th to the 19th century, painting and sculpture placed great emphasis on the effective arrangement and artful elaboration of the folds .
Interior design
Set designers use draperies when furnishing stage interiors and interior decorators use them when designing interiors.
See also
literature
- PW Hartmann: Kunstlexikon , Peter Wulf Hartmann, Maria Enzersdorf, Lower Austria 1996, ISBN 3-9500612-0-7 , in: The large art dictionary PW Hartmann (full text, online, free of charge, 10,000 keywords)
