January, 1815 Drawing Room window treatment
Ah, spring. Time to open the windows and air the rooms … and to consider redecorating. Ackermann’s Repository (1809-1829) didnt just cover fashion. The magazine also featured furniture and embroidery patterns, for example, and window treatments. This is simply a visual post. Enjoy!
1815 window treatment, Ackermann's Repository
1816 Regency dining room curtains, Ackermann's Repository
July, 1820, Window Draperies, Ackermann's Repository
1820 Window Treatment, Ackermann
Wallpaper frieze with drapes, woodcut print on paper, 1800-1820, V&A museum
Jane Austen's World 
Wow, those are beautiful. I wish there was still an affordable elegance that people still did swags and such styles today.
Hi Janeen, Agreed. These treatments were not exactly designed to keep out drafts, were they? But they dressed the windows nicely.
What a treat!
Wow, the draperies dress up the view of one’s estate so stylishly ! The 1816 Window remind me of Lizzy’s view of Pemberley in P&P2 murmuring, ‘over all this, I could’ve been mistress’ and the 1820 Window print remind me abit of the alcove where Emma sits in E 2.
Lovely, thanks !
A few years ago I was at Ross, a discount clothing and housewares store in the area and found the most beautiful window treatments that I bought in an instant.
I had been looking for regency style window coverings to match my very much regency claw foot living room furniture and had been having a hard time. When I saw these I was ecstatic but hesitant because the price tag was $99 per panel and I needed 6 of them… Woops there were only 4 there.
Anyways knowing it as being a discount store I took all 4 to the register and asked if the tag was right. To my hearts delight my to die for coverings ended up being $5.99 per panel.
The have moved with me to three different houses and they just get better with each house. I completely decorate around the curtains. Forget making the curtains match the room, I make the room match the curtains. The best 24$ I have spent in my entire life.
They have really been a hit with all of my guests over the years. I have received tons of compliments on those curtains.
These are some amazing curtain designs. I guess they would be really hard to make these days (or expensive may be?)
These designs are so enchanted and elegant! I likewise believe it to be effective for operas and mansion type of houses.