Interior Decorating Curtains, Drapery and Accessories for Your Windows
Accessories & Trims Continued
Weights
Lead weights are sewn into the vertical seams and each corner of the drapery width or panel.
Chain weights are little beads threaded together forming a line along the hemline of sheers ensuring straight hanging and an even hemline.
Binding and Lipping
A band of contrasting fabric fixed to the edges of curtains, tiebacks or valances.
Tiebacks
These are a practical and decorative accessory.
They are used to hold back the curtains from the window to let the light in.
Binding or lipping to the edges of the curtains and tiebacks.
They help the curtain fall gracefully when drawn back, and alleviate stress that the weight of the fabric can put on the tracks.
Many different types are available, cord, bows, tassels, fabric (in many shapes and forms) with hooks.
Tassel Tieback
A tassel which is attached to a cord and gets fixed to the wall by a hook, it wraps the curtains and holds them off the window. |
Tassel Tie Back |
Holdbacks
A decorative rigid form of tie back, these are usually made of metal, brass or iron, and can have many different decorative fittings to the ends.
They often match the curtain rod ends.
They are attached to the wall at the side of the curtains.
The curtain fabric is basically drawn back and placed behind the hold back to keep it in place.
It appears to be more formal than most forms of tiebacks. |
A contemporary polished stainless steel holdback. |
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