Curtain rod

A curtain rail or traverse rod is a device used to suspend curtains, usually above windows or along the edges of showers, though also wherever curtains might be used. When found in bathrooms, curtain rods tend to be telescopic and self-fixing, while curtain rods in other areas of the home are often affixed with decorative brackets or finial. New "pin-on" curtain finials are an example of a decorative curtain finial for use on any "curtain rod" or "traverse rod".

Making

Curtain rods can be made of many materials including- wood, metal and plastic. Curtain rods come in almost endless styles and designs. Not all curtain rods are simple straight poles, curved and hinged poles are available from numerous companies, allowing installation in bay windows and around curved walls and corners. Curtain rods can also be of a crane or swing arm design. Prices and quality of curtain rods are as varied as designs from inexpensive big box store products to high end specialty products made by companies catering to interior designers and architects.

Invention

The flat, telescoping curtain rod was invented by Charles W. Kirsch, of Sturgis, Michigan, in 1907. However, they were not in use until the 1920s. Kirsch also invented the traverse curtain rod in 1928.^[1]

References

1. ^ Bungalow details: interior. Gibbs Smith. http://books.google.com/books?id=6Gwd99wUthMC&pg=PA115&dq=Charles+W.+Kirsch+and+curtain+rod&hl=en&ei=eFdyToiSOsKbtwei-Yn-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. 

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