Pipe and drape is a style of freestanding panelling used to divide, hide, and/or decorate a space temporarily. The structure consists of aluminum or steel piping fixed or adjustable telescoping vertical uprights supported by a weighted steel base, and adjustable telescopic or fixed horizontals that provide a drape support frame with removable drape panels.
When the system is used for exhibition purposes and used instead of the traditional shell scheme option, build time and breakdown time is significantly reduced. Pipe and drape is a way of adding colour to what would normally be a plain backdrop.[1]
Often used in trade show booths, in tents, in large banquet halls, and on stage, pipe and drape covers up the distracting features of the less appealing wall or window behind it. Pipe and drape is freestanding, so it can be used as a room divider, exhibition curtain backdrape, a stage theatrical backdrop, a catering aisle drape, or drape partitions.
Pipe and drape is used frequently with home staging, weddings, fashion shows, concerts, interior design, in the theatre, and on-set in television programs and movies.
- ^ [1] Fred E. Hahn, Tom Davis, Bob Killian, Ken Magill, "Do-It-Yourself Advertising and Promotion,2nd Ed." John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, 2003, ISBN 978-0-471-27350-9 page 2. Retrieved July 8, 2009