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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

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Posted in Architecture, jane austen, Regency Art, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style | Tagged Ackermanns Repository, Regency furniture, Regency Interiors, Regency window treatments and draperies, Window treatments 1815-1820 | 7 Comments

7 Responses

1. on March 26, 2010 at 09:07 Janeen

   Wow, those are beautiful. I wish there was still an affordable elegance that people still did swags and such styles today.

   
   
2. on March 26, 2010 at 09:27 Vic

   Hi Janeen, Agreed. These treatments were not exactly designed to keep out drafts, were they? But they dressed the windows nicely.

   
   
3. on March 26, 2010 at 10:14 Joanna Waugh

   What a treat!

   
   
4. on March 26, 2010 at 14:17 Mandy N

   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 !

   
   
5. on March 29, 2010 at 02:45 Emma Hox

   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.

   
   
6. on April 1, 2010 at 12:17 Made To Measure Curtains

   These are some amazing curtain designs. I guess they would be really hard to make these days (or expensive may be?)

   
   
7. on June 3, 2012 at 11:17 Window treatments Pittsburgh

   These designs are so enchanted and elegant! I likewise believe it to be effective for operas and mansion type of houses.

   
   

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