Stage Curtain
Domicil design is a preferred dealer with "Custom Stage Curtains" based in Richmond, VA. Here are some basic details regarding stage curtains. More details are found within their site and we are happy to talk to you about any issues or concerns you have with stage curtains. Existing curtains can be sent out to Richmond for a complete cleaning and repair, keeping the FR properties and extending the life of your stage curtain investment.
GENERAL
We visit the job site and make final field measurements to produce curtains designed to properly mask the stage. Sizes listed throughout are TRACK or PIPE BATTEN size, to which 50% fullness is to be added (plus turnbacks where used). There shall be no horizontal seams in curtains and no less than half-widths shall be used.
CUSTOM COLORS AVAILABILITY
Yes we can work with your custom colors, and will provide you with Lab Dips for your approval prior to the start of Fabrication.
FABRICATION
Here are the work room specifications for each fabricated stage curtain:
All curtains are to be box-pleated, a 6" pleat sewed down flat, on approximately 12" centers. Pleats shall be sewed on a double layer of vinyl-coated polyester weighing a total of 36 oz. per square yard, and permanently and inherently flame resistant. Material shall have a breaking strength of 252 lbs. warp, 237 lbs. fill, and a tear resistance of 76 lbs. warp and 82 lbs. fill. At both ends of all floor-length curtains, the heading material shall be turned back 4" and sewed down to provide a triple layer of heading at stress points. If jute or webbing heading is offered as an alternate, proof must be submitted with the bid that the alternate heading material has been treated to be flame resistant or is inherently flame resistant. Headings of all floor length curtains are to have three parallel rows of lock-stitching. Seams are to be hidden behind pleats. Place black brass grommets on each pleat and each top corner, set 1-1/4" from top of curtain. Provide a plated S-hook for each grommet. Provide a 2' 0" black tieline for curtains tied to batten.
All vertical seams shall be overlocked; no existing selvages of fabric are to remain on the curtains. Notched selvages are not acceptable.
HEMS
Front curtain shall have 6" bottom hems. All other curtains shall have a 3" bottom hem. Floor length curtains shall be weighted with a series of galvanized steel weights encased in individual pockets within the bottom hem. Chain weights or lead weights are not acceptable.
Leading edges of all traveler curtains shall have a minimum turnback of 24" of face material. This turnback shall be formed by turning back 24" of material and sewing it across the top hem. No vertical sewing of the turnback shall be done. All other vertical hems shall be 2." Bottom hems of all curtains shall be sewed with lockstitching. Blind stitching is not acceptable on any part of any curtain.
FLAME RESISTANCE
All material must be flameproofed by immersion or permanently and inherently flame resistant. Each curtain will have sewn on the back, a label indicating type of flame resistance and dry cleaning instructions.
Stage Curtain Hardware & Track Custom Stage Fabricators
Stage Curtain Hardware and Track Custom Stage Curtain Fabricators is a distributor for Automatic Devices Company stage curtain tracks and electric operators. We can supply replacement and repair parts for most existing tracks, and new hardware where required. When you purchase stage curtain tracks in combination with stage curtains from us, you can be sure that the curtains will fit the tracks, you receive delivered pricing on the tracks and hardware, and you purchase all items from one reliable source.
Most stage curtain tracks are #170 medium-duty track, rope and pulley operated, for the front curtain OR #280 heavy-duty roped track. Tracks for the side and rear curtains are usually #173 walk-draw tracks, or occasionally, #142 curved walk-draw tracks. Electric operators are available for any size track.
Letters & Emblems
Letters and emblems are made by embroidering chenille thread onto a heavy wool/rayon felt backing. Letters are available in the five letter styles shown, or in custom styling to match any sample.
Standard sizes are 10,'' 12,'' 15,'' 18,'' 22,'' 24,'' 30,'' or 36,'' in a selection of 18 colors. About 1/2'' of the felt background projects beyond the chenille all around the letter, to allow sewing space. This enables you to select the color of the felt background as a different color from the chenille.
You could have, for example, a red letter with a white edging, OR a red letter with a matching red edging, either at the same price. Our skilled embroiderers can reproduce in chenille and felt any emblem or design, from the most simple to extremely detailed. 6'' BULLION FRINGE is available in white, black, antique gold or bright gold.
Fabric - COM (Customer's Own Material)
While we prefer to use our own materials to make curtains for you, and provide a 'delivered to your door' pricing that includes fabric, fabrication and freight, we realize that sometimes customers want their curtains made of a special fabric.
We will do C.O.M. work if we determine that we can work with the fabric. We may ask for a sample before quoting a price.
When we use your material, we inspect it carefully, mark off all the cuts, and insure that we have enough fabric before cutting your goods. If any problems develop, we will notify you at once for a solution. Any left over fabric is returned with the shipment of completed curtains.
Our one-year warranty will cover only our fabrication, not your fabric. Curtains made with C.O.M. receive our usual detailed inspection and packing, and are shipped with S-hooks and/or tielines.
In order to quote on C.O.M. jobs, we need to know the width of the fabric and any repeats. We can then tell you how many yards we will need and what the fabrication cost will be. The cost of the freight for shipping it to you is added to your cost.
We specialize in stage curtains and window draperies made of matching stage curtain materials. One of our sister companies is a complete custom drapery workroom, capable of fabricating any size curtain in any kind of material.
Fabric Selection
We have all the materials for stage curtains, and give you a choice between cotton treated to be flame retardant, and polyester permanently and inherently flame resistant. All weights are per lineal yard.
(IFR = inherently flame resistant, usually polyester fabric.)
Download Fabric Swatch Book (1.8mb PDF)
orClick Here to View Color Swatches Online.
Velour
Repp
Custom Stage Curtain Dry Cleaning
Cleaning and, when necessary, repairing fine draperies ensure that your investment will last for many years.
Specialty has one of the largest dry cleaning machines on the east coast to hold even large stage curtains. We have been cleaning and repairing stage curtains for years combined with our manufacturing of stage curtains gives our customers the one stop CLEAN, REPAIR OR NEW stage curtains resource.
Curtains of nearly any size can be dry cleaned without removing the flame retardant protection eliminating the need for expensive additional flame retardant treatment. Simply call us and we will take down the old curtains, box them up and send them out to be cleaned. They will be shipped back to us within a week of Specialty receiving them and we will rehang them within your time frame and needs. Cost of a typical cleaning runs approximately half the cost of new.
Proper and Professional cleaning of stage curtains can significantly extend the life of the curtains. We recommend curtains be cleaned about every 5 – 10 years with regular vacuuming between professional cleanings for best possible longevity of your curtains.
Warranty
Custom Stage Curtain Fabricators makes the following warranty to purchasers of its stage curtains:
Custom Stage Curtain Fabricators will repair or replace without charge any item which displays defective materials or workmanship within one year of the date of purchase, provided a written claim is made within the warranty period.
If you require assistance in making a claim, you should contact:
Warranty Manager
1-800-817-1204
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
GENERAL
We visit the job site and make final field measurements to produce curtains designed to properly mask the stage. Sizes listed throughout are TRACK or PIPE BATTEN size, to which 50% fullness is to be added (plus turnbacks where used). There shall be no horizontal seams in curtains and no less than half-widths shall be used.
CUSTOM COLORS AVAILABILITY
Yes we can work with your custom colors, and will provide you with Lab Dips for your approval prior to the start of Fabrication.
FABRICATION
Here are the work room specifications for each fabricated stage curtain:
All curtains are to be box-pleated, a 6" pleat sewed down flat, on approximately 12" centers. Pleats shall be sewed on a double layer of vinyl-coated polyester weighing a total of 36 oz. per square yard, and permanently and inherently flame resistant. Material shall have a breaking strength of 252 lbs. warp, 237 lbs. fill, and a tear resistance of 76 lbs. warp and 82 lbs. fill. At both ends of all floor-length curtains, the heading material shall be turned back 4" and sewed down to provide a triple layer of heading at stress points. If jute or webbing heading is offered as an alternate, proof must be submitted with the bid that the alternate heading material has been treated to be flame resistant or is inherently flame resistant. Headings of all floor length curtains are to have three parallel rows of lock-stitching. Seams are to be hidden behind pleats. Place black brass grommets on each pleat and each top corner, set 1-1/4" from top of curtain. Provide a plated S-hook for each grommet. Provide a 2' 0" black tieline for curtains tied to batten.
All vertical seams shall be overlocked; no existing selvages of fabric are to remain on the curtains. Notched selvages are not acceptable.
HEMS
Front curtain shall have 6" bottom hems. All other curtains shall have a 3" bottom hem. Floor length curtains shall be weighted with a series of galvanized steel weights encased in individual pockets within the bottom hem. Chain weights or lead weights are not acceptable.
Leading edges of all traveler curtains shall have a minimum turnback of 24" of face material. This turnback shall be formed by turning back 24" of material and sewing it across the top hem. No vertical sewing of the turnback shall be done. All other vertical hems shall be 2." Bottom hems of all curtains shall be sewed with lockstitching. Blind stitching is not acceptable on any part of any curtain.
FLAME RESISTANCE
All material must be flameproofed by immersion or permanently and inherently flame resistant. Each curtain will have sewn on the back, a label indicating type of flame resistance and dry cleaning instructions.
Stage Curtain Hardware & Track Custom Stage Fabricators
Stage Curtain Hardware and Track Custom Stage Curtain Fabricators is a distributor for Automatic Devices Company stage curtain tracks and electric operators. We can supply replacement and repair parts for most existing tracks, and new hardware where required. When you purchase stage curtain tracks in combination with stage curtains from us, you can be sure that the curtains will fit the tracks, you receive delivered pricing on the tracks and hardware, and you purchase all items from one reliable source.
Most stage curtain tracks are #170 medium-duty track, rope and pulley operated, for the front curtain OR #280 heavy-duty roped track. Tracks for the side and rear curtains are usually #173 walk-draw tracks, or occasionally, #142 curved walk-draw tracks. Electric operators are available for any size track.
Letters & Emblems
Letters and emblems are made by embroidering chenille thread onto a heavy wool/rayon felt backing. Letters are available in the five letter styles shown, or in custom styling to match any sample.
Standard sizes are 10,'' 12,'' 15,'' 18,'' 22,'' 24,'' 30,'' or 36,'' in a selection of 18 colors. About 1/2'' of the felt background projects beyond the chenille all around the letter, to allow sewing space. This enables you to select the color of the felt background as a different color from the chenille.
You could have, for example, a red letter with a white edging, OR a red letter with a matching red edging, either at the same price. Our skilled embroiderers can reproduce in chenille and felt any emblem or design, from the most simple to extremely detailed. 6'' BULLION FRINGE is available in white, black, antique gold or bright gold.
Fabric - COM (Customer's Own Material)
While we prefer to use our own materials to make curtains for you, and provide a 'delivered to your door' pricing that includes fabric, fabrication and freight, we realize that sometimes customers want their curtains made of a special fabric.
We will do C.O.M. work if we determine that we can work with the fabric. We may ask for a sample before quoting a price.
When we use your material, we inspect it carefully, mark off all the cuts, and insure that we have enough fabric before cutting your goods. If any problems develop, we will notify you at once for a solution. Any left over fabric is returned with the shipment of completed curtains.
Our one-year warranty will cover only our fabrication, not your fabric. Curtains made with C.O.M. receive our usual detailed inspection and packing, and are shipped with S-hooks and/or tielines.
In order to quote on C.O.M. jobs, we need to know the width of the fabric and any repeats. We can then tell you how many yards we will need and what the fabrication cost will be. The cost of the freight for shipping it to you is added to your cost.
We specialize in stage curtains and window draperies made of matching stage curtain materials. One of our sister companies is a complete custom drapery workroom, capable of fabricating any size curtain in any kind of material.
Fabric Selection
We have all the materials for stage curtains, and give you a choice between cotton treated to be flame retardant, and polyester permanently and inherently flame resistant. All weights are per lineal yard.
(IFR = inherently flame resistant, usually polyester fabric.)
Download Fabric Swatch Book (1.8mb PDF)
orClick Here to View Color Swatches Online.
Velour
- Cotton velour in 16-oz, 20-oz, 25-oz and 32-oz weights, in a wide range of standard or custom colors.
- IFR (inherently flame resistant) polyester velour in Plateau 13-oz, Prestige 26-oz, or Charisma 27-oz in a wide range of standard or custom colors. (Plateau and Charisma are woven to be light-blocking and non-reflective.)
- “Encore” IFR polyester velours in 15-oz and 22-oz weights in colors as shown; no custom colors
Repp
- Cotton repp cloths for side and back curtains, again in a wide range of colors and costs. Includes Atlas Oxford repp, Nassau Chevron repp, our new Roxy repp, or Commando or Super Commando cloth.
- IFR Polyester "Chevron 2000" repp in a range of colors.
- Commando cloth, cotton FR,12-oz per yard, in black, royal blue, grey, or wine.
- Heavy Commando cloth, cotton FR, 16-oz per yard, in black only.
- Nassau Chevron repp, cotton FR, 14-oz per yard, in colors shown.
- Atlas Oxford repp, cotton FR, 16-oz per yard, in colors shown.
- IFR 2000 Chevron repp, polyester, in colors shown.
- CYC cloth, 72" wide, IFR,14-oz per yard. Ideal for TV studio background curtains. Colors as shown only.
- DORAL heavy-weight blackout vinyl backed fabric, 21-oz per yard, with beige or black vinyl back. 48" wide. Colors only as shown.
- ICON medium-weight blackout vinyl backed fabric, 54" wide, with black or beige vinyl back. Colors only as shown.
- Heavy Weight FR cotton muslin, in Natural, White, Gray, Sky Blue or Black, in widths of 9’0, 12’0, 16’5, 20’0, 25’0 and 33’0. Also available Non-FR for paint curtains.
- Sharkstooth scrim in White or Black, in 15’0, 20’ 29’6 or 35’0 widths, or in Blue, Grey or Natural in 29’6 width.
- Leno Scrim (filled Sharkstooth scrim) in White or Grey in 20’0 or 31’0 widths.
- Specialty lining
- Denim, cotton FR, in black or beige, for lining cotton FR curtains.
- Ranger, heavier weight cotton FR, in black or beige, for lining cotton FR curtains.
- Poplin Cyc, 72" wide, IFR, for lining IFR curtains, not opaque, in Black or Beige.
Custom Stage Curtain Dry Cleaning
Cleaning and, when necessary, repairing fine draperies ensure that your investment will last for many years.
Specialty has one of the largest dry cleaning machines on the east coast to hold even large stage curtains. We have been cleaning and repairing stage curtains for years combined with our manufacturing of stage curtains gives our customers the one stop CLEAN, REPAIR OR NEW stage curtains resource.
Curtains of nearly any size can be dry cleaned without removing the flame retardant protection eliminating the need for expensive additional flame retardant treatment. Simply call us and we will take down the old curtains, box them up and send them out to be cleaned. They will be shipped back to us within a week of Specialty receiving them and we will rehang them within your time frame and needs. Cost of a typical cleaning runs approximately half the cost of new.
Proper and Professional cleaning of stage curtains can significantly extend the life of the curtains. We recommend curtains be cleaned about every 5 – 10 years with regular vacuuming between professional cleanings for best possible longevity of your curtains.
Warranty
Custom Stage Curtain Fabricators makes the following warranty to purchasers of its stage curtains:
Custom Stage Curtain Fabricators will repair or replace without charge any item which displays defective materials or workmanship within one year of the date of purchase, provided a written claim is made within the warranty period.
If you require assistance in making a claim, you should contact:
Warranty Manager
1-800-817-1204
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
