drapery

But as the Oxford Companion says of Gainsborough, “Unlike most of his contemporaries he employed no drapery painter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

He has given us, instead, a whirlwind of active bodies and body parts, of fluttering wings, limbs and drapery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The darkness of the woods and muddy terrain was just as effective scenery as any of the bedsheet drapery or wooden flats that had been set up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

In one Center City apartment Gray’s company worked on, drapery panels took the focus away from unattractive radiators.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

Sitting rooms spill over with tipsy sofas and moth-eaten covers, and the furniture is piled high with old-fashioned post-balloons, buckets, house-lanterns, drapery, older télétropes, bolts of lace, half-burned candles, broken spyglasses, ear-trumpets, and more.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Heavy draperies hang at the windows instead of venetian blinds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

But this very neglect has allowed nature to take over with her delicate jewels and living draperies, and the property is even encircled by a ring of ancient-looking moss-covered stones like a fairy ring.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

There, gleaming gypsum flowers bloom from stone draperies laced with translucent cave pearls.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023

To recreate the czar’s private rooms, Ms. Ryadova’s team had to remake almost everything: pickled oak parquet floors, wool rugs and silk draperies, and even spittoons that were used by the imperial family and courtiers.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021

In the boudoir and the drawing room, the parlor and the conservatory, the doors and windows were closed, the draperies pulled together, and the darkness back again.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson