Friday, April 20, 2007

Trivia Pur$uit

In 1769, British designer Edward Bean enclosed wooden slats in a frame to adjust the amount of light let into a room. These became known as Venetian blinds, because of the early use over Italianate windows.

2 comments:

Bart said...

And millions of people have cursed that guy when trying to clean their blinds since.

david mcmahon said...

Hi Bart,

Yep. You cut right to the chase, as always!

You are so right.

David