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• A simple window treatment
• Do not restrict light
• Good treatment when no dead wall space above window
• Suitable for most types of room
| Poles are a decorative, versatile
curtain fitting, suitable for all types of rooms and sizes of windows. They can
be made from thin iron, brass or wood dowelling. The dowelling can be painted,
stained or gilded, and even reeded as well. The type of pole used can set the mood and tone of the room so the design and diameter of the pole should be in keeping with the style and proportion of the interior. If the pole is extended beyond the window frame, light will not be restricted provided that the curtain heading chosen draws back well. Tape-headed curtains and curtains with hand-sewn French and goblet pleats will stack back well. The spaces between the hand-sewn French and goblet pleats should be dressed backwards when the curtains are stacked back. Hand-gathered, smocked, puff and box-pleated headed curtains will not draw back far and will usually need to be held open by tie-backs. Other more informal headings include curtains simply tied or looped onto the pole, rings sewn directly onto the curtain, and café curtain headings (illustrated on pages 36 and 37). There are different types of brackets available to enable poles to be fitted into a |
recess or to a ceiling or sloping
wall as well as in the conventional manner. Poles are a sensible option for French doors where a pole can be extended beyond the frame, leaving room for the doors to be opened freely without touching the curtains when they are stacked back. Curtains hung from poles can be enhanced with contrast-bound leading edges which will emphasise the elegant vertical lines and counterbalance the horizontal line of the pole. The tops of the curtains can also he defined with a contrast binding. Fitting poles Poles should be fixed either to the height of the window architrave or 10-15cm (4- 6in) above the architrave or soffit and should be extended either side of the window so that the curtains stack back over the wall rather than over the window. If the pole is to be extended either side of the window with a deep architrave and the brackets are to be fixed to the wall, mount the brackets on wooden blocks as deep as the architrave, to allow the rings free movement along the pole. |
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