drop curtain

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At the back of the building, the roof line is elevated by one story to accommodate the theater’s former rigging and an olio drop curtain depicting a Victorian scene for the stage.

From Washington Times

Compared with the costumes, the scenic elements are relatively pared-down: Layered drop curtains denote fanciful Neoclassical interiors, airy rotundas, a formal garden and an autumnal mountain vista.

From New York Times

The drop curtain, painted with the silhouette of a jagged skyline that could be Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn, rose to reveal a pair of three-story scaffolds recalling New York’s fire escapes.

From New York Times

I hurried out of my dressing room, and as I looked I saw that the big drop curtain was on fire.

From Project Gutenberg

You don't paint a miniature in the broad strokes that answer for a drop curtain, nor does the weaver of a pocket-handkerchief give to that fabric the texture of a carpet.

From Project Gutenberg