. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. of the display. At the beginning of this drape the goods are opened up in the usual way and the boltis placed at the right hand side of the stand, which has been secured in its place by one 61 Lhssons in Dhaiing or two wire nails that arc drixin into the lliHir. \hv cml nr raw cdye of the goods isearried llirec inches l)eyond llie left edge of the stand and the nppcr selvage is lapped overthe lop 2 inelus ai d is i)inne<l at points A, !. and C. it is then sni<M)thcd down over thefr


. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. of the display. At the beginning of this drape the goods are opened up in the usual way and the boltis placed at the right hand side of the stand, which has been secured in its place by one 61 Lhssons in Dhaiing or two wire nails that arc drixin into the lliHir. \hv cml nr raw cdye of the goods isearried llirec inches l)eyond llie left edge of the stand and the nppcr selvage is lapped overthe lop 2 inelus ai d is i)inne<l at points A, !. and C. it is then sni<M)thcd down over thefront of tlie stand and pinned at tlie lower corners. I lu uiiltli of the goods extends npand down tiic stand. In other words, one sehage is at the bottom and the other at thetop. ]lowcver, if single w^idth goods are used it will l)c ft)und necessary to run the lengthof the goods up tlie stand, beginning with the raw edge at the bottom. Allow the goods to fall to the floor at the right and form (I pleats as indicated inD, Fig. 1. Then carry the pleated goods to the top of the stand .and lay over the rear. ^>^< corner of the left side as shown in Pig. 2. The lower fold extends out about 4 inchbeyond the fold abf)ve it, and this arrangement is continued with each succeeding fold,making a miniature stair step effect, each lower fold extending ]4 ^^i il front of thefold above. Draw out the sweep to the right and pin to the floor through the selvage with onepin at point K. This point should be at such a distance from the stand ,is allows the lowerfold (of the six) to drape up closely to the right side of the stand. Now bring the goods forward, allowing for a puffing and i)ick up by the upper selvageat point I in lig. ... This is a point that allows for making two front sweeps of equallength. Turn the upper selvage over 1 incli and jiin point 1^ to jioint ]. on the stand andthe goods will fall naturally into the folds, shown in Drape S and in lig. ,1 The gootlsare now arranged ro


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