. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. , letting the goods fall in natural folds toIhe floor. Of course it will necessary to go over all the folds and straighten them possibly rearrange them. This really makes qiiilc a showy drape for heavy goods. 32 Laii:h KxamiLi:s or Dkaim-s DRAPE 13 THIS drape is for a one-pattern length of silk. The stand on which the silk is drapedis shown in the Fig. No. 1. The extreme height of stand is CO inches, the circular partbeing 36 inches high and the standard from here to
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. , letting the goods fall in natural folds toIhe floor. Of course it will necessary to go over all the folds and straighten them possibly rearrange them. This really makes qiiilc a showy drape for heavy goods. 32 Laii:h KxamiLi:s or Dkaim-s DRAPE 13 THIS drape is for a one-pattern length of silk. The stand on which the silk is drapedis shown in the Fig. No. 1. The extreme height of stand is CO inches, the circular partbeing 36 inches high and the standard from here to the top being 24 inches cross-bar at the top is 18 inches long, w-hilc the extreme width across the circular baseis 36 inches. The circular part is made by stretching carpet paper over several hoops that have been cut and bent in the desired shape and place. The carpet paper is covered with one thickness of muslin. ? Start with the silk at A, bringing it up to The selvage of the silk is then fastened all along the edge, B, C, D, while the other selvage is gathered in at E. This makes the. top of the circular base. Now drop the goods from 1) down to the floor (F), and fromhere bring it around to the back, and begin wrapping it aliout the circular base in prettygathers or folds until you reach the top of circular i)art. Bring the goods around the backto E, and from there up to the cross-bar on top in a regular fan-shape. Finish the top orcross-bar with a series of puffs, as shown in the drawing. A few of these drapes willeasily fill a window. Be careful in fastening the silk to place the pins as nuich as possible in the selvage, forpin holes in most silks will spoil its sale. For this drape use only soft silk, such as foulards, crepes, etc., as the stiff silks, suchas some taffetas, are too easily wrinkled. 33 Later Examplks of Eahlv Dhapks DRAPE 14 A Dkape Uski [Ai. AM) Glass Shelf EACH year brings out some entirely new drape or adaptation of an ,old drape. TheSprin
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