DictionaryRoot: draperie
Old French

draperie

weaving, cloth-making; clothes shop

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A simple window framed by full-length cloth curtains with deep hanging folds and a softly swagged fabric valance, making the arranged cloth the unmistakable subject.
noun

drapery

DRAY-per-ee/ˈdreɪpəri/

Fabric arranged in folds or hung as decoration.

Etymology

Old French draperie named cloth-making and a place selling clothes, while English used the word for textiles themselves. It later came to mean material used to drape something, connecting the cloth trade with decorative hangings.

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