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Curtains - the general name of functional household decorative window curtains of fabric materials.
Blind (Fr. store.) In a particular case - the window curtain, moved apart in the parties or rises.

Curtains in history

Curtains history originates from ancient times, when the cave man, hiding from the cold, the veil of the entrance to the cave with animal skins.
With the development of mankind in every country began to appear especially its interior decoration textiles: Curtains design and materials for the manufacture of curtains - all this is due to the climate and culture of the country and its traditions. For example, India, China, France and Italy, the traditional material for curtains was silk, and for England and Scotland - Wool. As for the countries of Central Asia and the Americas, there were used cotton, and in Russia - flax.
In Greece, Egypt and the curtains were only a simple cloth fabric, draped in a cascade, horizontal and other types of wrinkles. Ability to decorate the home was valued cloth or slightly lower than the ability to create artful draping the ancient costume. It was in those days and originated the basic principles of fabric draping, which are still used today in the production of curtains.
Moreover, a proliferation of canopies and fabric upholstery in homes of the ancient Greeks. And for interior fabric began to be decorated with embroidered ornaments, which carried not so much aesthetic as magical significance.
In the Middle Ages curtains design has become more complex. First, thick curtains that protect the room from drafts castles, began to decorate embroidered coats of arms and other heraldic elements owners. Beyond that, with increasing trade development, design curtains, a large variety of tissues, and therefore, the possibility of combining them. I must say that in this period, the curtains were the exclusive privilege of the nobles and wealthy citizens and the ruling elite.
By the XVII century, the curtains have become one of the main decorative elements of interior design, but also, more widely began to acquire canopies, fabric interior walls, bedspreads, all kinds of furniture covers, tablecloths. Varied and very design of curtains. In vogue lush bizarre pelmets, tassels, cords, multi-layer fabrics.
Further splendor textile design has become more modest. First, neo-classical dictates of moderation and no frills, with the chief focus is not flashy diversity and quirkiness Rococo and refinement of lines and the beauty of the fabrics. And after that, and did appear minimalism with its denial of decorations and curtains again transformed into simple leaf tissue.
The development of scientific and technological progress has provided today's Interior designers a huge variety of fabrics with different decorative qualities. This is an imitation of natural fabrics - linen, cotton, brocade, velvet, silk - which in appearance indistinguishable from the real thing, but at the same time without drawbacks of natural fabrics: do not burn and do not shrink. And completely new fabric in the style of hi-tech futuristic designs. With regard to models of curtains, they again become complex with an abundance of decorative parts and accessories. Located at the height of contemporary fashion vintage style (from the French wine-delayed), dictates the need for complex processing window lambrequins, again come into fashion drape the walls and ceilings, furniture covers and canopies