Recently some questions have come up about how to plan for and template arched drapery hardware. We’ve been creating these designs for 22-1/2 years. We know a little bit about it!
Arched drapery hardware starts here…
The starting point of any arched treatment is a template. We recommend creating your final treatment after you have received the hardware. If that is not possible, you can create two identical templates. One for our fabrication team, and one for your drapery workroom. That way everyone is working from the same pattern. This is critical.
Let us help you.
We have some very detailed directions for creating a template for arched drapery hardware. You can download our instruction sheet. Just Click Here! Our handy Custom Rod Order Form is a great checklist and reminder of what we need with each order. Download it now: Just Click Here!
Templates are important.
Templates are a little harder, because you are working on a vertical surface. And of course, the window is usually some distance from the ground. Definitely not for sissies!
Correctly labeling and making detailed notes on the template will help us properly interpret your plan in our manufacturing department. A picture is worth a thousand words too. You really can’t give us too much information. The most important thing to tell us is how far above the templated arch is your actual rod to be mounted.
Perfect mounting.
Check out the mounting system we offer! We weld a sleeve on the back of the rod and use our Picardie Medallion Mount Bases for brackets, so you can mount your arched rod from the back. No bracket straps will show on the front of your rod. You can position all of the brackets in any direction you choose. Such and improvement. And easier to install! Strap brackets on an arch always remind me of the hour markings on a clock.
If you plan to have rings or eyelets welded on to the rod, be sure to mark exactly where each ring is to be placed. Put your mark on where you want the center of the ring to be. Note that rings on arched rods are welded on perpendicular to the floor. Many thanks to Ann Johnson and The Workroom Channel for the arched images using our hardware.