We picked up the keys last week.
I had noticed there are no wire screens on the windows and no evidence of any having ever been there.
Inside, the window furnishings are 1950s cream venetian blinds, side drapes of gold satin and filmy lace between. All in good order, just a little dusty. I raised the venetians with some difficulty, they appeared not to have been lifted for a long time.
Behind them, the double-hung sash windows are original shellacked cedar, twelve throughout the house.
Many of the sashes were stuck. I wrestled them for most of the day. Just one failed to respond. The rest eventually squeaked along their vertical tracks.
Every counterweight cord was clean and in perfect condition. Regular use should grey the cords because of the oil or metal stain from pulleys.
Amazingly, these windows appear not to have been opened for decades.
I had noticed there are no wire screens on the windows and no evidence of any having ever been there.
Inside, the window furnishings are 1950s cream venetian blinds, side drapes of gold satin and filmy lace between. All in good order, just a little dusty. I raised the venetians with some difficulty, they appeared not to have been lifted for a long time.
Behind them, the double-hung sash windows are original shellacked cedar, twelve throughout the house.
Many of the sashes were stuck. I wrestled them for most of the day. Just one failed to respond. The rest eventually squeaked along their vertical tracks.
Every counterweight cord was clean and in perfect condition. Regular use should grey the cords because of the oil or metal stain from pulleys.
Amazingly, these windows appear not to have been opened for decades.
I'd lay money it's amber shellac, too.
ReplyDeleteJanis Gore
It is indeed, Janis. I recognise it, remembering my father shellacking the timber bits and pieces he made in the sixties. There were shellac flakes all over the shed along with wood shavings and glue granules. (The glue had to be boiled on the kitchen stove. Mum objected. It smelled dreadful, especially when you knew what it was made from.)
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