Albany White Net Curtian
Albany Cream Net Curtian
Alicante White Net Curtian
Amalfi White Net Curtian
Amelia White Net Curtian
Amsterdam White Net Curtian
Amsterdam Cafe Curtian
Amy White Net Curtain
Amy Gold Net Curtain
Antalya White Net Curtian
Antalya Cafe
Bergen White Net Curtian
Bergen Cream Net Curtian
Bergen White Cafe
Bergen Cream Cafe
Brazil White Net Curtain
Brazil Cafe
Brooklyn White Net Curtian
Buxton White Net Curtian
Canberra White Net Curtian
Cape Town White Net Curtian
Claire White Net Curtian
Colorodo White Net Curtian
Como White Net Curtian
Corsica White Net Curtian
Daisy Open Top Voile
Diana White Net Curtian
Elgin White Net Curtian
Elgin Cafe Curtain
Eva White Net Curtain
Eva White Net Curtain
Florence Cream Cafe Curtain
Jakarta White Net Curtain
Kirsty Open Top Voile
Grasmere White Net Curtian
Havana White Net Curtian
Havana Cream Net Curtain
Hawaii White Net Curtian
Hawaii Cafe Curtain
Kew White Net Curtian
Kew Cream Net Curtain
Kimberley White Net Curtian
Lagos White Net Curtian
Linda White Net Curtian
Linda Gold Net Curtian
Lisbon White Net Curtian
Louise White Net Curtian
Luxor White Net Curtian
Luxor Cream Net Curtain
Mable Cafe Curtain
Malmo Teal Cafe Curtain
Malmo Terracotta Cafe Curtain
Malta White Net Curtian
Manhattan White Net Curtian
Melbourne White Net Curtian
Milan White Net Curtian
New York White Net Curtian
Odessa White Net Curtian
Odessa Cream Net Curtain
Odessa White Flounce

Odessa Cream Flounce
Paris White Net Curtian
Penang White Net Curtian
Penang Cream Net Curtain
Peru White Net Curtian
Peru Cream Net Curtain
Rimini White Net Curtian
Ritz White Net Curtain
Ritz Cream Net Curtain
Rome White Net Curtian
Samantha White Net Curtian
Sterling White Net Curtian
Sydney White Net Curtian
Valletta White Net Curtian
Vermont White Net Curtian
Victoria Open Top Voile
Vienna White Net Curtain
Vienna White Cafe Curtain
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Facts about Net Curtains

Definition - Net Curtain, a curtain made of net, usually fixed permanently across windows to ensure privacy; hence net-curtained.

History
Net curtains have been widely used since the 18th Century as a way of allowing light through a window whilst maintaining privacy for the room's occupants. It is believed that Net Curtains first developed in England and were originally made from lace woven from wool, silk or cotton - silk lace being the finer and more expensive variety. Since the advent of man-made fabrics in the 20th Century net curtains have been increasingly, and today almost exclusively, made from polyester. Other forms of lace or net curtain, for instance surrounding beds, or in doorways, have been in use throughout the world possibly since weaving techniques were invented, to protect privacy but also as decoration and to keep insects out. However these may be distinguished from Net Curtains as we generally know them by the fact that they are not used to shade windows.

Types of Net Curtains
Net Curtains are classified according to their uses, sizes and shapes. Some common varieties inlcude:

Voile - voile is a thin, semi-transparent woven material originally used in dressmaking and made from wool. Voile nets can be embroidered, but are essentially always based on a plain, evenly woven fabric.

Cafe curtains - cafe curtains are a specific form of net curtain often used purely for decoration but also to filter sunlight at the top of a window, whilst allowing an open view through the window below. Usually no more than 12-16 inches high, they are, as the name suggests, often found in cafes, where they give customers an outside view when sat at tables set next to windows. Cafe curtains can be made from any net material.

Jardiniere - this is a shaped, full-length net curtain, frequently arched in the centre to allow a view outside but with more window coverage than a Cafe net curtain.

Manufacture

Historically, Nottingham in England was the centre of the Net Curtain manufacturing industry for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. English manufacture has all but died out and now Turkey, Eastern Europe and China are the main producers.

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