{"id":197,"date":"2011-04-12T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T17:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2015-04-29T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:57:18","slug":"saving-antiques-through-window-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/saving-antiques-through-window-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Antiques through Window Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I spoke with a Californian who still gets too much sun, despite having obtained tinting for the windows.<\/p>\n

We all know the damaging effects of the sun’s rays. In researching for this piece, I unearthed this article dealing with Pittsburgh’s CLAYTON MANSION. Built in 1860, “a gem of Victorian architecture”, the Clayton Mansion houses “priceless antiques, art, handpainted wallpaper, and rare fabrics”.<\/p>\n

\"Clayton<\/p>\n

Clayton was the home of Henry Clay Frick. According to the museum’s website,<\/a> the Fricks purchased Clayton for $25,000 in 1882. The house was smaller then: eleven rooms, and on 1.43-acres of land. “An astonishing 93% of the artifacts in the house are original”.<\/p>\n

“By 1891, the family and the Fricks’ social stature both had outgrown the home as it was, and architect Frederick J. Osterling was hired to transform Clayton into the 23-room chateau-style mansion seen today.” Clayton opened to the public in 1990, after a four-year restoration.<\/p>\n

One visitor spoke of the house as being “kept fairly dark.” You certainly would not have to live in near-darkness to feel the effects of a window treatment.<\/p>\n

Clayton’s specific solution was window film — applied onto the glass, it is “unseen” from the outside. An important consideration for an historic building.<\/p>\n

Film is not really a do-it-yourself job, however. That is the nice idea behind the cellular shade: a couple brackets screwed in and you’re ready to pop in your shade.<\/p>\n

Textiles and printed\/painted art should never be exposed to direct, unfiltered sunlight; UV rays will devalue collectibles, art, furniture. Controlling the light exposure is paramount to preserving your furnishings. Once damage has occurred, bringing a piece back to “original condition” may be impossible.<\/p>\n

Cellular shades<\/a> have the advantage that UV light does not degrade them! Extremely durable, bonded polyester (the material of the cellular shade), is not affected by moisture, UV, heat or cold — all of which are common sources of degradation to window treatments. Brackets are stainless steel, which likewise do not deteriorate with exposure to sun.<\/p>\n

Our shades are such great insulators that you will want them down when it’s cold or hot out, without darkening your space. Our thin gauge fabric (0.14 mm.) is non-fading and lets in the most visible light while blocking out virtually 100% of the damaging UV rays. Amazing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I spoke with a Californian who still gets too much sun, despite having obtained tinting for the windows. We all know the damaging effects of the sun’s rays. In researching for this piece, I unearthed this article dealing with Pittsburgh’s CLAYTON MANSION. Built in 1860, “a gem of Victorian architecture”, the Clayton Mansion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}