The window generally reached to the floor, with small panes of glass, from four to eight in a sash. The window was also furnished with a blind. “The most fashionable blinds,” Sheraton assures us, “are of wood painted green all except the frame which is of mahogany. The blind part is either composed of upright or horizontal narrow laths ⅛ of an inch thick painted a bright green and which move by means of a lever to any position for admitting more or less light.” The cornice was painted and japanned, or carved and gilded, and from it hung the draperies. “Festoon window-curtains,” says Sheraton, “are those which draw up by pullies, and hang down in a swag. These curtains are still in use in bedrooms, not withstanding the general introduction of the French rod curtain in most genteel houses. A festoon window-curtain consists generally of three pulls, but when a window is extensive they have four or five.” [Illustration: PLATE LVIII] An example of the French rod is shown on Plate LIX., No. 1, dated 1803. Sheraton says: “The French window rod is made of brass about ¾ of an inch diameter, having a pulley at the left end and two at the right, one of which is fixed on a pin perpendicular to the rod. At present, they frequently make the French rods of satin wood two to a window to lap past each other about three inches in the centre; so that the curtain draws half on each side separately, or only half of it may be drawn at once; and when they are both drawn out they lap over each other.” The chimney is invariably furnished with a glass. Sheraton says: “In elegant rooms, the chimney-glass is usually carried to the under side of the cornice of the ceiling; but to reduce the expense of the plate, sometimes a broadish panel is introduced at the top of the glass with a frieze and cornice above all, included in the frame of the glass. “The most generally approved pilasters for chimney and pier-glasses are those of 3, 5, or 7 reeds, worked bold; but which, in my opinion, still look better by being parted with a ground one-third of the width of the reed which may be matted to relieve the burnished reeds. It is not unusual to have a twisting branch of flowers, or a ribband round the reeds rising upwards, and terminating in some sort of Composite, Corinthian, or Ionic capital. The panel above the glass is sometimes made quite plain and covered with silk as a ground for drapery, tacked under the cornice of the glass to match that of the windows.” “Glasses for chimney-pieces run various, according to the size of the fire-place, and the height of the wall above. To save expense, they are sometimes fitted up in three plates, and the joints of the glass covered with small gilt mouldings or pilasters. At other times with the naked joint only. When they are of one plate, the frame in general is made bolder and more elegant.” The floor is completely covered with a carpet having a border which has to be neatly mitred at the corners.