. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. e between the glass and the front end of the sweep. The two outside stands areplaced at equal distances from the opposite sides of the window and the middle stand shouldbe exactly in the middle. In the rear row the stands are placed within a few inches ofthe background, as all the draping will extend toward the front. The two outside stands inthe back row are placed near the corners and the distance between them is divided bytwo stands into three equal spaces. Drape 2 is shown on the fro
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. e between the glass and the front end of the sweep. The two outside stands areplaced at equal distances from the opposite sides of the window and the middle stand shouldbe exactly in the middle. In the rear row the stands are placed within a few inches ofthe background, as all the draping will extend toward the front. The two outside stands inthe back row are placed near the corners and the distance between them is divided bytwo stands into three equal spaces. Drape 2 is shown on the front stands and the forward sweeps of the middle drapecross the sweeps of the drapes at the right and left. The stands in the back row arecovered with Drape 1. For a window of this size, the front stands should be By^ feethigh and the rear ones should be T feet or even higher. Even if the background is low,the hadk row of stands should be high when Drape 1 is used, as it has a pyramid shapeand most of the goods are at the bottom. This drape always appears lower than it is. How TO Lay out Complete Windows. WINDOW PLAN No. 1Completed Drapes IX THIS illustration \ve show ilir in Xo. 1 driiind. Thi> drawing is usedto show how the window looks wlu-n ^lni^ and to indicate the manner of arranging llie sweeps. The three drapes in the fr^nt row have front sweeps that cross each hack drapes have sweeps that lit into each other. The lower ends are concealed andtherefore need not he Hnished. In arranging the sweeps in a window such as this the art close logdher. care should he used to kee]) the arrangeinenl uniformthroughout. When the lirsl draiie has heen madi-, the next one lo it in the -ame row,should he constructed as nearly like il as possihle and this similarity should he maintainedthrougliout all the drapes in that row. In an unconventional window it is not so essentialthat the stands he draped in precisely the ^amc maimer. This draw
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