ORIENTAL DRAPERY FABRIC : ORIENTAL DRAPERY

ORIENTAL DRAPERY FABRIC : ROLLER AWNINGS.

Oriental Drapery Fabric

oriental

a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
The Oriental Shorthair is a breed of cat. This cat combines the Siamese body with a diversity of colorings and patterns.
Of, from, or characteristic of the Far East
denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia; “oriental civilization”
Of, from, or characteristic of the countries of Asia
Of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace’s line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats

drapery

curtain: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Cloth coverings hanging in loose folds
Drapery is a general word referring to cloths or textiles (Old French drap, from Late Latin drappus). It may refer to cloth used for decorative purposes – such as around windows – or to the trade of retailing cloth, originally mostly for clothing, formerly conducted by drapers.
The artistic arrangement of clothing in sculpture or painting
Long curtains of heavy fabric
cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds

fabric

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands.
The walls, floor, and roof of a building
Cloth, typically produced by weaving or knitting textile fibers
The body of a car or aircraft
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent”; “woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”; “she measured off enough material for a dress”
framework: the underlying structure; “providing a factual framework for future research”; “it is part of the fabric of society”

Oriental statue hand detail, ROM

The carving o the hand and the draperies was quite elegant, can almost feel the movement of the fabrics. The patina the statue has acquired has toned down the colours but makes a more subtle and rich surface, to my mind.

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Tibetan Monks