While Ralph took off his coat, she had time to notice the ferns and photographs and Draperies, and to hear a hum, or rather a babble, of voices talking each other down, from the sound of them.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
She drew the curtains so that the Draperies met in deep folds in the middle of the window.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
When she got to the landing, she did not see Lady Stratherne at all; for her eyes were filled with wonder at the blaze of light and colour beyond-the Draperies of flags, and masses of chandeliers-and she said, under her breath, 'Oh, mamma, isn't it beautiful!
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black