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2. Theater drapes and stage curtains - Wikipedia

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   There is also a form of drop used in Vaudeville days, which may still be seen in older theaters, called an olio. "Olio" means conglomeration, and these drops were most often roll-drops covered with advertisements from various sponsors, for the audience to view between shows. An olio drop is a similar curtain, but lowered at the front of the stage.

3. Linens - Wikipedia

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   For formal occasions, table linens may be ironed before use. Traditionally, table linens could be starched while ironing, to decrease wrinkling and retain a smooth, pristine appearance. Seasonal storage of linens led to the development of natural pest control methods in Europe to prevent moth larvae and other insects or rodents from eating the ...

4. Front curtain - Wikipedia

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   The Venetian curtain, also known as a profile or contour curtain, also has multiple vertical lines distributed across the length of the single panel of fabric (which is usually made with as much as 200% fullness and must be thin and soft so it gathers well). [5] [6] The curtain is opened by pulling on the lines. Unlike the Austrian, each line ...

5. Curtains (musical) - Wikipedia

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   Curtains is a musical mystery comedy with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes.. Based on the original book and concept of the same name by Peter Stone, the musical is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, and follows the fallout when Jessica Cranshaw, the supremely ...

6. Bed hangings - Wikipedia

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   Tester cloth: the canopy or celure for the bed (the word tester was occasionally used to mean the headcloth) [13] Foot curtains: these would be wider than the side curtains. They would be pulled both toward the center sides of the bed, to meet the side curtains, and towards the foot of the bed, to meet in the center across from the headcloth. [12]

7. Curtain call - Wikipedia

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   A curtain call (often known as a walkdown or a final bow) occurs at the end of a performance when one or more performers return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for the performance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In musical theatre , the performers typically recognize the orchestra and its conductor at the end of the curtain call.