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Show By Frances Ainsworth fffi It's surprising how many interesting inter-esting things one runs across while shopping, isn't it? I've been re-decorating my home, and last week I visited our leading department depart-ment store in search of just the right Venetian os'W'inTF . blinds to comple- lil II 1 1 F i nient my new co'" lll'lll 1 1 0T scheme. With jfijy rl the help of the vEaN store's Home ?ESJw-p- Furnishings Ad-Svf-Kfn visor a very ffik jJflCC 8 0 0 friend of KITi-wJp) mine I found just the shade I "l imfish.s&f wanted in a wooden blind which I prefer. Then my friend took me into her little office and showed me some of the pictures she had borrowed from Bettman Archive. The first was a photo taken from an Old German Master, showing 11 a window covered sseshJJ? by a simple piece - ; j 1 z jj. of cloth hung 15171101 over a rod cer- .A yqhjq I tainly a far cry rr t-&j?t from our hand- fr,f7f some window rJ.y dressings of to- "T'XT day! SrS Mn It was the sec-ond sec-ond picture which really amazed me, however! Did you know that Venetian blinds were invented as long ago as 1812? Well, they were by a carpenter named "Cocoht" in Paris and this picture showed one of the first blinds used, a haphazard arrangement arrange-ment of split wood slats. Back in those days, Venetian blinds were strictly luxury items but now they're practically a household necessity. And small wonder, too, when we can choose .between metal, plastic, and wood all moderately priced . . . almost any color is available . . . they're easy to clean, smart looking and durable. |