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Reverting again to Figure [116] the bottom of the pipe measures four and one-half inches across the face when pressed flat; double this to get the circumference, which would be nine inches; rule a horizontal line from point A——1 (116 A) parallel with the bottom line and nine inches in length; erect a perpendicular line, X——X, from the centre of it, and on the perpendicular mark the length of the pipe as shown on your drawing (1——0); at the top of this line lay out the size of the top circumference of the pipe, which is double the face measurement, and locate points G and G four and one-half inches apart; rule from G to A——1, round out the bottom line from A——1 to B——1 as dotted line, add the trimming allowance between C and G, dropping about two inches to F, midway between lines C and G as dotted line; fold the paper on line X——X and cut out the festoon and half the pipe, as outlined by X——A1——E——B1——D——C——F——G and X, together with the paper folded underneath, which will give you when opened the pattern of two festoons and one pipe, as Figure [116A], which may be repeated indefinitely by joining the pieces at F so that the seams are hidden behind the pipe.
To pleat the festoons shirr from C to F and D to F tightly on a stout thread, fasten F——F together, drawing the pipe together at the back, and fold the top of the pipe down behind to finish even with the top of the festoons. Tack the whole to a slat or to the bottom of the bed itself and straighten out the pipes and pleats to hang nicely and uniformly.
By increasing the depth of the festoon to (2——8) twice the depth of the festoon drawn in Figure [116] (1——4) and adding rosettes, made as explained in chapter on pleated valances and lambrequins, a more elaborate effect is obtained, as Figure [116B], suitable for other purposes where a simple valance is required. The canopy is made on a frame shaped like Figure [117], suspended by brass chains or wire from the ceiling or wall, and supports the curtains at sides and back, in addition to the drapery which completes the canopy. The side curtains are made about a foot longer than the distance from floor to canopy, and caught up with rosettes or loops, as explained in chapter on scarf draperies.
The festoon-like pleats in the top of the curtain are obtained by cutting out sections of the top of the curtain, similar to the piece defined by points E——1, E——1, and F, in Figure [118], the total amounts cut out consuming the fullness allowance, as, for instance, a piece of forty-eight inch material pleated to twenty-four inches would have two triangles of eight inches removed, as Figure [119], and a half triangle of the same size taken off each corner; by shirring the raking edges the pleats are obtained and the fullness consumed.
The drapery of Figure [113] is made up of triple-pleated festoons, made as follows: Sketch out the festoon as you desire to pleat it, either full size on your blackboard or to a reduced scale on paper, the large lower pleats occupying two-thirds of the depth, and the small upper pleats the remaining one-third, as Figure [120]; measure the distance around the bottom of the festoon from A to B, the depth from E to X, and also from C to E and D to E, recording the distance on your drawing.
The bottom line and the depth of the festoon pattern, Figure [118], are planned as a regular festoon, so draw the bottom line, A to B, locate the points A1——B1 one-sixth of and above the bottom line, as explained for straight festoons; rule the perpendicular centre line E——X as long as twice the depth recorded on Figure [120], and rule the top line parallel to and almost as long as the bottom line.
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