Austrian curtains

The Austrian curtain has an elaborate drapery, suitable for situations where it is needed to emphasize its presence.
Its horizontal fullness requires a large amount of fabric, which is grouped horizontally, but an abundance of fabric is also required in the other direction to allow the drapery to fall, so that it produces the characteristic waves.
The mechanics of the Austrian curtain are identical to those of the Venetian curtain and of the Roman curtain.
The three curtains are totally different in terms of making and aesthetics, but all three open vertically, draping the fabric from the bottom upwards through a system of cables and guide-rings sewn on the back.
That compactation allows the vertical opening even on stages of extremely low height and where lateral space is absent.
The Austrian curtain can also be opened just lifting the curtain as a whole with a Fly opening system.
Even the Venetian curtain and the Roman curtain can be lifted as a block but they become simple Fly curtains with vertical fullness and flat making.
The vertical fullness allows the Austrian curtain to be opened also with the shaped lower edge, a characteristic it shares with the Venetian curtain.
The Austrian curtain is also used for fixed backdrops, to be hung without an opening system, in which case they perform only decorative and acoustic functions, the quantity of fabric and the processing of the surface give them extremely an high acoustic absorption.

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