Curtains on walls

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>>1202725
I don't know about in video games. It was likely because some artistic type thought it looked good.

Picture related is a real example, though. The Shakers did it because old homes were draughty as fuck. The curtains cut down on the draughts and helped insulate the walls a bit more in the winter.

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That does help. Thanks.

>>1202725
What makes you think it's a curtain? It could be a blanket drying by the fire. Or, ya know, you could hit up the guy who made the image and ask him, his name is right fucking there..

>>1202728
Okay, fine but only one of these "not curtains" is by the fire.


Sorry I annoyed you.

Tapestries were used to both insulate the room, as walls were either thin wattle-&-dawn (letting in the cold) or thick stone (remaining cold and sometimes damp), and to act as decorations. Consider them the forerunner of both wallpaper and cavity wall insulation.

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Can we rename this fucking board already, im fucking tired of all this "didnt know where to post this" shit.

>>1202742
We have one, it's called /wsr/, its just that cunts are too dumb to put two and two together and fuck off over there. This really should have been in /sqt/ if OP insisted on posting here.

Hide the thread and move along if it rustles you that hard.

>>1202734
Yes, which would imply it's not a fucking curtain.