“Could you suggest a few acoustic curtain options?” Velour curtains can dramatically reduce high frequency echo and excessive reverb in a room. Velour curtains intended primarily for sound absorption need to be as heavy weight as possible with 75% – 100% fullness. Adding extra layers through double facing or lining will provide additional sound dampening. The velour will perform better if it is sewn “nap up”, (upside down), because the pile...
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Are you a theatrical dealer helping customers choose stage curtains? Or, are you just looking into purchasing new stage curtains for your theatre? This is a very helpful video which helps explain the differences between all the fabrics available, and helps you understand which fabrics you should use for different spaces. BellaTEX Dealer Training Fabric Selection...
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“What is the difference between cotton and synthetic fabric?” All fabrics can be divided into two main categories: Cotton or Synthetic. Until about 15 years ago, stage curtains were all made of cotton. But when synthetic fabric came along, the possibilities for stage curtains were obvious and since then synthetics have been the preferred fabric for use in theatres. One primary difference between cotton and synthetics is flame retardancy. Cottons have been...
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“What’s the difference, and can you mix the two on one stage set?” It is quite common to mix fabrics within one set of curtains. Normally the front set (grand drape and valance) will be woven while the rear set (borders, mid-draw, rear-draw, legs) will be knitted. This makes sense when you consider that woven velours are more expensive than knitted velours, and you want the front set of curtains to look as nice as possible. Especially since rear setting...
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“Can you explain the various types of fullness and/ or pleating styles?” We get this question quite a bit. The green drapes in the picture below are 75% fullness in Imperial (32 oz with a sheen). The black is Charisma (26 oz matte) sewn flat. The tall green curtain has a dust ruffle that was made very stiff: This causes the pleats to gradually change from lots of smaller pleats into fewer large pleats towards the bottom. This drape is 35′ tall so this can...
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