Ceiling Drape / Canopy

Ceiling Drape / Canopy — made to your size in a choice of 2 fabrics, from 115gsm to 250gsm.

A printed curtain is a large moving surface. How it gathers, how it hangs when drawn back and how the artwork survives being folded into pleats are all more important than how the flat cloth looks on a screen.

This product is offered across more than one fabric because the right answer depends on where the panel is going and how long it needs to last. The table below sets every option side by side on the specifications that actually decide the choice — weight, opacity, finish and weather behaviour — so you can compare them directly rather than opening a page for each one.

About this format

Anything suspended is seen from below and often from all sides, so both faces and the bottom edge matter. Weight and fixing points need confirming against the venue's rigging limits before the panel is made.

Best for

• Stage curtains and drapes
• Room divider drapes
• Ceiling drapes and canopies
• Backdrop and stage-front drapes
• Interior and feature-window drapes

Fabric options compared

Which fabric should you choose?

• 115gsm Knit — The all-rounder of the range — light enough to move, dense enough to hold a photographic print.
• 250gsm Soft Knit — Our heaviest soft knit — the weight you reach for when a backdrop has to hang perfectly flat.

Key advantages

• One product, 2 fabric specifications — compare and choose without leaving the page
• Dye is absorbed into the fibre, so the printed image cannot crack, flake or peel away from the surface
• Folds down small and shakes out with very few creases — practical for teams who ship and re-hang often
• Open knit structure lets air pass through, so the panel moves in a breeze instead of fighting it
• Soft matte surface diffuses light and photographs cleanly under flash and continuous lighting

Choosing the right specification

Allow for fullness. A curtain cut flat to the width of the opening hangs like a banner, not a drape — you generally want between one and a half and two and a half times the track width in cloth to get proper folds. Bear in mind that gathering compresses your artwork horizontally, so large recognisable images work best on drapes that hang mostly flat.

How ordering works

• Send your artwork — Upload print-ready artwork at any stage — we check scale, resolution and bleed before anything goes to press and come back to you if something needs adjusting.
• Made to your size — Every panel is cut and finished to your dimensions. Tell us the finished size you need and how it is being fixed, and we will allow for hems and fixings correctly.
• Printed by dye-sublimation — Colour is transferred into the polyester fibre under heat, so the image becomes part of the cloth rather than a layer sitting on top of it.
• Finished and shipped — Hems, eyelets, pole pockets, silicone edge and other finishing are applied before your order is folded, boxed and dispatched worldwide.

Related specifications

Closely related products in this range include Stage Curtain / Drape, Stage Front Curtain / Drape, Room Divider Drape, and 1 more. They share this fabric and finish, so the choice comes down to format and size.

Technical detail

How dye-sublimation colour behaves. Disperse dyes are driven into a gas phase at roughly 190-205 °C and diffuse into the polyester filament, where they are trapped as the polymer cools. Because there is no layer sitting on the surface, the printed image cannot crack, flake or peel. Colour is also wash-stable: disperse dyes on polyester routinely rate 4-5 on the ISO 105-C06 wash-fastness scale. Indoors and away from sustained ultraviolet, printed polyester holds its appearance for five years or more.

What to expect from service life. Indoors and out of direct sun, printed polyester holds its appearance for five years or more. Outdoors, published ranges for dye-sublimated polyester run from roughly six to twenty-four months depending on how exposed the position is, with the shorter end applying in high-ultraviolet regions such as the Southwest, Florida and the Gulf Coast, and in coastal or high-wind locations. Sheltered and north-facing installations reach the longer end. Coated and tarpaulin-grade constructions extend beyond that band because the coating carries the UV load.

Best suited to

Indoor and sheltered outdoor work where you want a light panel that moves with the air — flags, backdrops, promotional banners and anything that ships folded and re-hangs quickly.

Also in this range

For fully exposed permanent installations, our Oxford and coated ranges carry the weather; for a completely opaque back, see our blockout range.

Not sure which fabric is right? Order a free swatch pack and see the weight, texture and finish in your own hands before you commit to a full run.