as in curtains
pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room
the drapery for the picture window matched the color of the furniture in the center of the room
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The large, angled handkerchief is a subtle formal echo of the drapery opening diagonally above Mariana’s head.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Homeowners are gravitating toward sleek drapery panels with structured, effortless waves of fabric.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2025
Deer heads are mounted on the walls, mini-toboggans are nailed to the ceiling, and lumberjack-plaid drapery evokes cabanes à sucre, or sugar shacks, traditional shanties set up in forests where the sap to be turned into maple syrup is harvested.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Both colorways, camel and gray, make for elevated drapery in any room.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Homeowners are gravitating toward sleek drapery panels with structured, effortless waves of fabric.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2025
Deer heads are mounted on the walls, mini-toboggans are nailed to the ceiling, and lumberjack-plaid drapery evokes cabanes à sucre, or sugar shacks, traditional shanties set up in forests where the sap to be turned into maple syrup is harvested.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Both colorways, camel and gray, make for elevated drapery in any room.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drapery
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“Drapery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drapery. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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