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Oct 26, 2021

Oh. The drama. What would Hamlet instead have said, had he known they were listening, if the iuss, Polonius and Claudius, hadnt had a drapery behind which to spy? But, oh. The drapery. For Shakespeares choice to even use a textile was HUGE given its incredible expense.

The commissioning of even one drapery panel for a theatre production during Shakespeares time, the period of 1560 – 1610, would have meant paying an extreme amount of money to whoever hand-wove the natural flax threads into a theatre prop. An incredible amount of labour was required to transform a field of cotton or flax plants into threads and yarns with handlooms.

The benefits of drapery fabrics were enjoyed more easily with the introduction of power looms during the industrial age of the 1800s, while polyester, a plastic derivative invented during the 1920s, further allowed drapes to become an integral part of all of our homes. Tags: Drapery, Custom Coverings