Eighteenth Century Window Treatments
The early single hung windows had only one moveable sash supported in an open position not by counter weights but by a pin inserted through holes in the frame and sash.

Eighteenth century window treatments. As american textile production increased in the latter half of the 18th century the length of curtains extended all the way to the floor. Unlike other window treatments which were often combined to enhance their effects interior shutters typically stood alone. These newly floor length models were adorned with more elaborate embellishment in the form of tiebacks tassels and fringe. Art deco and modernism.
Designed after the historic william gibbes house in charleston south carolina where the rooms and walls are symmetrical balanced and perfectly proportionate. Window treatments were fairly plain and simple in modern times. An alternate method of making window glass called the cylinder method was practiced throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries alongside the crown method. As its name implies cylinder glass was made from a cylinder instead of a disk.
Swags and tails were a popular window treatment style. The classical colonial style captures the feel of the 18th century. A typical treatment was a sheer or lace glass curtain mounted inside the trim overlaid by unfussy drapery panels on rings to open and close and for a more tailored look a stenciled or embroidered top treatment. Curtains and floor coverings are usually the areas that are changed.
Fancy fabrics used in the 18c colonial the window treatments are made with embossed fabric and chairs are covered in woven wool damask. In all the finest rooms of the 17th and 18th centuries writes edith wharton in the 1902 guide the decoration of houses the inside shutters and embrasures of the windows were decorated with a care which proves that they were not meant to be concealed by curtains. Floral prints and jacquard textile were widely used in victorian homes. Emphasis was on functionality and window treatments were made less expensive and became a necessity.






















