Window Types · Comparison

Best Drapery Styles for Floor-to-Ceiling Glass

Ripple fold and wave fold are the studio's defaults. Here is why — and when a French pleat is the right exception.

Floor-to-ceiling glass is a modern architectural decision. The heading should read as part of the building — continuous, restrained, vertical. Ripple fold and wave fold do that. French pleat does it only when the room is transitional rather than modern.

Ripple fold

Smallest stack-back coefficient, most continuous vertical line, recessed-track default. The studio's first choice on modern floor-to-ceiling glass.

Wave fold

A softer continuous wave, slightly more stack-back than ripple fold, hand-finished European hardware. The choice when the room wants softness without breaking the continuous line.

French pleat

Used on floor-to-ceiling glass only when the architecture is transitional and an exposed rod is part of the design language. Otherwise, ripple or wave.

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