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Curtain Hardware...Jewelry for Your Windows

          Call me crazy, but when I pull back these curtains each morning, time stops for a moment.  These mid- 19 th century French chateau hold backs, wearing their original gilt, and the French antique hand tatted ruched sheers are two of my favorite treasures. So often I wonder who else pulled back curtains with these hold backs and what was their life like? By the beginning of the 19 th century more people were beginning to afford elaborate curtains and the American South, like France, was no exception. Beautiful hold backs were needed to keep back the yards and yards of silk, linen or cotton that hung over windows  that were often in rooms with 22 ft. ceilings. The hold backs, or as some call them, tie backs, actually originated in England before catching the fancy of the French. Curtain Pins, (also known as Cloak Pins )  were basically wrought iron spikes with decorative medallions and were in use in the 18 th century....