drapes

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The drapes the 79-year-old president mentioned cover a window in the East Room of the White House that looks out onto the construction site for the $400 million ballroom.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Deluxe-theater owners had modeled their palaces after opera houses and temples, complete with velvet drapes, gilt ceilings and live orchestras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Fathers and daughters embraced under string lights and drapes, as Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” played, a song created by Wonder originally for his own daughter.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

The heat caused damage to this very bedroom, and among other things, ruined the drapes; now the new ones captured smoke as we opened the windows to let it out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

It leaked in through the heavy drapes, smearing itself across the room in thick lines.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas