Lot Essay
Nathaniel Whittock's Decorative Painters and Glaziers Guide of 1827 describes how to make these blinds and illustrates designs for the same.
Details
A painted Scotch cambric panel
as a window blind, decorated with a flowering tropical palm and exotic bird in flight, probably English, circa 1835 -- 101in x 63in. (256.5 x 160cm) approx
as a window blind, decorated with a flowering tropical palm and exotic bird in flight, probably English, circa 1835 -- 101in x 63in. (256.5 x 160cm) approx
Literature
James Ayres, British Folk Art, Barrie and Jenkins, London 1976. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1977. P.112-13.
James Ayres, The Shell Book of the Home, Faber, London 1981. Pl.K. rated pl
James Ayres, The Shell Book of the Home, Faber, London 1981. Pl.K. rated pl