. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. n, as goodsin the bolt are sometimes deceptive and their true color tint is not brought outuntil they are unfolded. If the arrangement cannot be improved upon, begindraping, starting at the back row on the stand farthest away from the entranceto the window. The stands at the front of the window should be done last. If the trimmer will plan out his windows in this manner he can not onlyget much better results in a shorter time and with less work, but he can reduceto a minimum the actual w
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. n, as goodsin the bolt are sometimes deceptive and their true color tint is not brought outuntil they are unfolded. If the arrangement cannot be improved upon, begindraping, starting at the back row on the stand farthest away from the entranceto the window. The stands at the front of the window should be done last. If the trimmer will plan out his windows in this manner he can not onlyget much better results in a shorter time and with less work, but he can reduceto a minimum the actual window work. The time that the window is closedto the public is valuable advertising lost and the difference between keepingthe curtain down two or three hours and keeping it down for a day will beappreciated by any merchant. The trimmer who goes into his window fullyprei)ared and knowing exactly what he is going to do can raise his curtain ina small fraction of the time required by the man who takes his goods into thewindow and then decides how he is to arrange them. 268 How TO Lay out Complete Windows. WINDOW PLAN No. 1 Arrangement o£ Fixtures IN THIS plan is showu a simple conventional arrangement for a window of normalsize. This window measures 15 feet in length by 7 feet in depth. The same plan may be used in larger or smaller windows by increasing or diminishing the number ofstands, keeping them in the same order. This is an excellent layout for a sale window, in which the goods are all of the sameprice. The same material may be shown in seven different colors or shades or in sevendifferent patterns. The front row of stands is placed in a straight line. Their upright should be aboutone yard back from the glass in order to leave room for the forward sweeps. These sweepsshould never extend clear to the glass, that is, there should always be a little floor spacevisible between the glass and the front end of the sweep. The two outside stands areplaced at equal distances from
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