Glossary

Braid: A border of decoratively woven thin cords, usually 1 to 3 inches wide, with two finished edges.

Cord: A rope made of twisted strands of thread or yarn, often used for tiebacks.

Fringe: A border with strands of yarn or cord on one edge. Types with densely packed, cut threads are called brush fringe. Those with twisted cord are called bullion fringe. Other types include ball fringe (with hanging thread balls) and tassel fringe.

Gimp: A narrow braid, up to about _-inch wide, with looped or scalloped borders.

Piping: A fabric-covered cord, available in various diameters from _ to 1 inch, with a narrow flange that can be inserted into a seam. Also called welting.

Ribbon: A flat, narrow, woven fabric border, available in numerous widths, colors, patterns, and styles.

Tassel: A dangling ornament made by binding a cluster of yarn or cord strands at one end. Often, the binding features a
covered bead or other dimensional structure. A tassel tieback consists of one or tow tassels attached to a cord.

Apron: Wood facing below the sill on windows.

Banding: Strips of coordinating or contrasting fabric, folded and finished, then affixed to the style as a decorative accent.

Pouf: When the drapery is dressed in such a way as to create a blousing effect.

Board width: The measurement of the actual face width of the board.

Bracket: metal piece attached to the wall or casing to support a drapery, curtain rod, etc.

Buckram: A stiffening material used in the drapery heading to help hold the shape of the product. Also known as Crinoline.

Café rod: A decorative rod used to mount café curtains with rings or tab top draperies. Café rods are meant to be seen
and add an additional decorative touch.

Cascades: A width of fabric that is shaped then gathered or folded and hangs in a zigzag fashion on the outside corners of a top treatment, valance or cornice. Cascades are not only decorative but also functional as they hide the projection of a board or rod.

Casing (drapery): Another term for rod pocket.

Casing (window): Decorative wooden trim around the window.

Center draw: A pair of draperies which open and close from the center of the windows.

Center support: Used to support a traverse rod, wood pole or café rod and prevents rod from sagging in the middle.

Clearance: The necessary distance between the wall and the back of the rod or treatment, and/or the front of one layer of the window treatment and the back of the rod or treatment. Different products and treatments require difference
clearances.

Cornice: A padded upholstered 4-sided wood box covered in fabric.

Drapery Panel: One complete section of drapery typically used for patio door applications or as decorative stationary side panels that hang on each side of the window and do not meet in the center.

Dust cap: The wood board at the top of top treatments, cornices or valances. It’s purpose is to prevent dust from settling
on the under treatment.

Dye Lot: A complete color run of a bolt or fabric in a specific dye bath. The dye lots vary from one run to the next and,
depending on the materials, may be noticeable.

Ease: Allowance added to a finished drapery width, which allows the panels to hang properly without pulling or hiking up.

End bracket: The two supporting metal grips, which hold a drapery rod to the wall or ceiling. They determine the amount
of projection.

Festoons: A generous "swoop" of fabric draped from one point along the top of the dust cap to another point along the top of the dust cap.

Finial: Decorative end piece on café rods or decorative traverse rods (also referred to as pole ends)

Finished length: The distances from the finished top edge to the finished bottom edge of a drapery panel.

Finished width: The total measured width of a panel or pair of pleated draperies laid flat, side by side, from the edge of
the return of one panel to the edge of the return of the other panel.

Flat width: Refers to rod pocket drapery width before it is shirred on the rod.

Fullness: The ratio of the total fabric used to the finished width of a drapery. The fuller the drapery, the smaller the spaces between each pleat.

Holdback: A decorative piece of hardware that holds a drapery panel to the side of the window or adds a decorative touch.

Jabots: Typically narrow vertical fold of fabrics shaped to a specified design. Jabots to only add a decorative touch to a top treatment or valance, but also conceal seams, take or overlaps. Leading edge: The front edge of a drapery that either meets in the middle on a pair of draperies or is the leading edge on a panel.

Lining: A fabric backing for a drapery.

Overlaps: On draperies, it is the 3-1/2 flat portions between the last pleat and the leading edge of the panel. On a pair of pleated draperies, the leading edges meet and overlap one another by 2” to eliminate light gap and provide privacy.

Panel: One of more width s of fabric, sewn together to create a large “panel” to adequately cover the window. A pair of
draperies consists of a right panel and a left panel. A one-way draw drapery can either be a left panel of a right panel.

Pleats: folds of cloth sewn and tacked into place to create fullness.

Pin setting: The distance between the top of the pleat and the top of the pin.

Projection: A hardware term, the rod Projects in tot eh room. It is the distance from the wall to the front of the rod.

Puddle: A term used to describe long draperies that are lying on the floor in a puddle fashion.

Railroad cut: Pattern is cut lengthwise and is the preferred way to fabricate certain styles in order to avoid unsightly
seams. Typically used for cornices, valances.

Ready-made draperies: standard size draperies, factory-made and available at local stores.

Repeats: The full length and width of a design, taken from one exact point to the next exact point where is repeats itself
identically.

Returns: A drapery term, the drapery RETURNS to the wall. It is the section of a drapery, valances or top treatment that
folds back and covers the hardware, as well as any under treatment. It is the space from the last pleat to the finished edge of the drapery and requires a minimum 1-1/2 return to allow for the side hems.

Rod height: distance from floor, sill or apron to top of rod.

Rod width: refers to the actual face width or size that the rod will be when installed.

To treatment: swags, cascades or valances that are attached to a wood dusty cap. Known as board mounted style.

Traverse rod: A drapery rod with a pulley mechanism to draw draperies open and closed by using a traverse cord,
mounted at the side of the drapery.

Under treatment: The style or styles that is closest to the window and is under a drapery or top treatment.

Valance: Swags, cascades that are installed on rods and require special dressing techniques.

Welt: A twisted cotton cord covered with fabric and applied to a treatment.