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pelmet|ˈpɛlmɪt|
[Prob. ad. F. palmette (see palmette), formerly a conventional ornament on window cornices.]
A valance or horizontal strip of curtain, wood or other material, fitted across the top of a door or window, usu. to conceal curtain fittings. Hence ˈpelmeted a., fitted with a pelmet.
1904P. N. Hasluck Upholstery 149 This pelmet is fixed to a wood lath screwed underneath the door casing. 1908Ladies' Field 24 Oct. 318/2 (caption) Window Treatment: Pelmet and Curtains in Shadow Damask. 1922Daily Mail 21 Nov. 14 If a pelmet is used it should be straight⁓edged. 1925Penderel-Brodhurst & Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. 123 Pelmet, a word used by upholsterers and sometimes by art dealers, who prefer the word ‘palmette’, to denote the horizontal stiff curtains or valance hiding the rod, rings and headings of the hanging curtain decorating a door, window, bed, etc. 1932G. B. Stern Little Red Horses iv. xxxix. 540 [He] had tried to picture a long-ago scene of Uncle Arthur plucking his bride back from the pelmet. 1940C. G. Tormley Furnishing your Home xvi. 109 Pelmets well done are an improvement to most windows. 1964McCall's Sewing xvi. 286 The depth of the pelmet depends on the height of the window, usually one-sixth to one-ninth the length of the curtain. 1970Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn/Winter 544 Plywood pelmet. Available in seven lengths. Easily painted. 1974M. Cecil Heroines in Love viii. 189 These magazines..gave them [sc. readers] the latest way with pelmets, and casseroles for winter evenings. 1974D. Francis Knock Down v. 59 Padded and pelmeted curtains and silk lampshades..spoke of enough money. |