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What (who) is drapes - definition
DEPICTION OF THE FOLDS AND WOVEN PATTERNS OF LOOSE-HANGING CLOTHING ON THE HUMAN FORM
Drape; Drapes; Draperies; Draping
![[[Funerary stele]] of a Greek dancer, 400s BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DSC00205 - Stele funeraria con danzatrice - Arte greca del sec. V aC. - Foto di G. Dall'Orto.jpg?width=200 "[[Funerary stele]] of a Greek dancer, 400s BC")
![[[Poppaea]], wife of Nero](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poppaea Olimpia.jpg?width=200 "[[Poppaea]], wife of Nero")
![Fresco of [[Mithras]] and the Bull from the [[mithraeum]] at Marino, 3rd century CE](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fresque Mithraeum Marino.jpg?width=200 "Fresco of [[Mithras]] and the Bull from the [[mithraeum]] at Marino, 3rd century CE")
![Anglo-Saxon king and [[witan]], 900s AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Witan hexateuch.jpg?width=200 "Anglo-Saxon king and [[witan]], 900s AD")
![The [[Bamberg Apocalypse]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BambergApocalypse03CoronationOfEmperor.JPG?width=200 "The [[Bamberg Apocalypse]]")
![Anglo-Saxon miniature]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar in Regularis Concordia.jpg?width=200 "Anglo-Saxon miniature]]")
![Chōgen]], Japan, 1206 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Priest Shunjō.jpg?width=200 "Chōgen]], Japan, 1206 AD")
.jpg?width=200 "Buddha, Japan, 1269 AD")
![Benin Bronze]], 1500-1600](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benin plaque in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin - 054.JPG?width=200 "Benin Bronze]], 1500-1600")
![Thomas Hudson]], drapery by [[Joseph van Aken]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) - Lady Lucy Manners (1717–1788), Duchess of Montrose - 290369 - National Trust.jpg?width=200 "Thomas Hudson]], drapery by [[Joseph van Aken]]")
![[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]], 1721-1765](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cumberland-Reynolds.jpg?width=200 "[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]], 1721-1765")
![[[Krishna]] dancing and playing the flute, Orissa, India, ~1800 AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flöte spielender Gott Krishna Museum Rietberg RVI 530.jpg?width=200 "[[Krishna]] dancing and playing the flute, Orissa, India, ~1800 AD")
drapes
chiefly N. Amer. long curtains.
drapes
n. (AE; BE has curtains)
1) to hang drapes
2) to draw; open the drapes
3) window drapes
drape
¦ verb arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely on or round something.
?adorn or wrap loosely with folds of cloth.
¦ noun
1. (drapes) chiefly N. Amer. long curtains.
2. the way in which a garment or fabric hangs.
3. a cloth for covering a patient's body when a surgical operation is being performed.
Origin
C17: back-form. from drapery, influenced by Fr. draper 'to drape'.
Wikipedia
Drapery
Drapery is a general word referring to cloths or textiles (Old French draperie, from Late Latin drappuscode: lat promoted to code: la ). 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.
Examples of use of drapes
1. Orgy: muslin drapes delicately teased by an Arabian breeze.
2. He drapes himself around them and tries to take possession.
3. Or maybe it‘s the rococo–inspired dark–wood furniture and cream chiffon drapes.
4. It‘s a towering form, maybe three meters, and it‘s swathed in drapes of fine milky plastic.
5. Coffee bags serve as window drapes, but rain drips through huge holes in the ceiling.