H

Holdback

Interfacing: A material used to add stiffness to drapery headers and tailored valances.

Interlining: A material stitched between the lining and face of drapes that adds body and helps drapes hold their shapes.

Jabots: Also called cascades and tails, jabots frame swag treatments; on wide windows they're often positioned between swags.

Lambrequin: A valance or cornice with long tails that run down the sides of a window.

Passementerie: Inclusive name for fancy trims, fringes, tassels, and ornamentation.

Pelmet: A flat-front fabric valance, similar to a cornice, mounted on three-sided "shelves" across the top of a window.

Priscilla curtains: Crisp white panels with ruffled edges. Also known as Cape Cod curtains.

Scarves: Hemmed lengths of fabric that wrap across a drapery rod or holdbacks installed at the top of a window for a swag effect.

Sheers: See-through fabrics used as underpanels for drapery treatments or for light curtains; the term is also used for the underpanels or curtains themselves.

Swags: Round-edge valances centered in a single window or combined in a series across the top of the window, usually lined and part of a formal drapery treatment.

Tension rods: Spring-loaded rods that fit inside the window trim; often used for cafe curtains and sheer panels on door windows.

Tension wire: A length of steel wire that runs across the top of the window and is attached with screw eyes to a wall or inner trim.

Tieback: Cording, fabric, ribbon, or rope that pulls panels off the window, usually outfitted with a ring that attaches to a small cup hook screwed in the wall or trim.

Traverse rods: Rods used for movable draperies.

Valance: A top treatment in a variety of shapes and sizes; can be used by itself or with side panels or cafe curtains.

Shop for new Window Treatments
BedroomsIdeas.com has a unique range of window treatments, in different styles and sizes.

<go back