The Authentic 2 Inch
Colonial Wooden Blind

We offer a color brochure and product order form, as well as the How to Measure and Install pamphlet. No automated PhoneMenus. Our knowledgeable staff is available Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM P. 800-269-5697 P. 404-377-0306 F. 404-377-1120 P.O. BOX 322 Avondale Estates, GA 30002	Click photo to enlarge		Click photo to enlarge
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DeVenco Builds Blinds To Last a Lifetime In 4 To 6 Weeks Time

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DeVenco Offers 2 Styles of Wooden Blinds
The DeVenco Authentic Period Blind All wood head rails Solid brass hardware Traditional solid brass tiltor Multi- stopped positive hold brass cord lock Wood pulley cord guides Traditional turned wood tassels All wood bottom rail counter weight Heavy weave 1 1/2 inch herringbone tape	The DeVenco Craftsman Blind All wood head rails All nickel finish metal hardware Universal all metal cord tiltor Universal all metal positive hold cord lock Wood or brass pulley cord guides Traditional turned wood tassels All wood bottom rail counter weight Heavy weave 1 1/2 inch herringbone tape Option for cable ladder tapes
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Two inch wooden blinds date to the earliest days in Williamsburg and Massachusetts All wooden blinds are produced of the highest quality materials. At DeVenco there are no “stock sizes” or prefab parts. All work is done in our shop by skilled craftsmen to the highest standards in the industry. Each blind is cut by hand and then sanded and buffed by hand in preparation for finishing. Each blind will receive at least 5 coats of paint and primer or 5 coats of varnish and sealer giving a superlative finish. At DeVenco there are no standard paint colors. We will match whatever color you specify in any brand of paint available. After the finish is properly cured, the blind is assembled by hand and inspected for imperfections and shipped. Allow 4 to 6 weeks total production time. DeVenco ships an extra prefinished slat with each blind for the unlikely event that a replacement is needed at some point in the future. Should any other parts be required, of course they are available at a nominal cost with a simple phone call. To your credit our forte is replicating historic designs. We do not manufacture an inexpensive mass produced pop-out-of-the-mold, one of six decorator colors type of product. What we offer is high quality hand crafted blinds and shutters that you will be proud of for years to come; that will be passed down to the next generation and that matches near as possible what the original architect may have specified. Whether You Have a new home designed to replicate period architecture or an actual home of period significance, your windows deserve the finest. The windows are often the primary architectural asset of a room. Their treatment is not insignificant to the room or the house. Consider them carefully.

The above is the first known advertisement to appear in the “New World” This ad was placed in the “Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser” on August 20, 1767 by one John Webster, Upholster from London, who lived in Philadelphia. It is likely that Webster supplemented his income with the manufacture of wooden blinds and would have been one if the earliest craftsmen in the colonies to produce this “newly invented” window decoration. It is believed that Philadelphia and Charleston, S.C. were the towns where wooden blinds were first produced commercially, though it is very likely that local cabinetmakers and other craftsmen around New England and Virginia would also have profited from the production of this of this very popular and practical “Venetian Sun Shade.” For example, it is known that Thomas Chippendale had the need occasionally to boost his income during slow business years. While there is no mention of wooden blinds, there is evidence that he painted custom designs on window shades. For some of it may be difficult to imagine the famous Thomas Chippendale Painting window shades, but it is believed that others in similar trades would have perhaps used the scrap and small otherwise unusable parts from furniture and cabinetmaking for the slats of wooden blinds. The popularity of wooden blinds may be partially attributable to the fact that in North America there was vast amounts of wood and practically no textile industry. This is of course why in colonial times wood blinds or shutters were used almost to the exclusion of draperies except perhaps in only the most opulent homes. View Care and Maintenance on Wooden Blinds

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1- 800 269-5697 PH : 404 377-0306 Fax: 404 377-1120 Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM EST. P.O. Box 322 Avondale Estates, Georgia 30002 Copyright © 2008, Wayne Austin. All Rights Reserved