How to Choose Pleats for Custom Drapery
Every drapery heading is an architectural statement. Knowing which one your room is asking for is the most consequential decision in the program.
Pleat style decides how the drapery sits in the room before fabric, before color, before hardware. Choosing the right heading is the single most consequential decision in a custom drapery program.
French pleat
The most architecturally disciplined heading. Hand-tacked three-finger pleats. Correct in traditional, transitional, and quietly classical rooms.
Euro pleat
Two-finger pleat, slightly more relaxed. Correct in transitional rooms moving toward contemporary.
Goblet pleat
Decorative cup-shaped pleat. Reserved for formal dining rooms and libraries where the heading should participate decoratively.
Ripple fold
S-shaped continuous fold on a recessed track. The studio's default in contemporary architecture.