The header tape is a heavy duty bandage type material to take the weight of these, as you can see from the tape these have been hung once only. Only hung for about 6 months, as they were hung in our new extension briefly, I've decided they're just to heavy for me to manage to close them properly anyway, and just replaced them with the lighter cotton version.
Beautiful curtains, very thick heavy duty Linen with the gorgeous josette pattern. At the moment they are set to just over 2 meters but you can let them out more/bring them in by untying the cords on the header. On the inner lining there are very faint'sun stripes' that just happens I'm afraid with all curtains, and really quickly! They may even come out with a dry clean, i haven't bothered trying as they were hung in the spare room from new and no one really goes in there.
With the light its hard to see the pattern, its the josette patern in a natural linen colour (like magnolia). Have been folded up in the cupboard now so will need an iron. Due to the size of each curtain they have a join. These are really heavy, these are not the light cotton ones you usually see, these are a lined thick woven linen and are ridiculously heavy. These were made by the original laura ashley brand.