Today we offer to dive into the past. Not too far. Only 40 years, in the 80's. But to remember what was the fashion in those days.
The first thing you could see, if, of course, you had everything in the openwork in the family, is carpets. "They have the whole apartment in the carpets…" - a phrase that testified to the wealth of the owners. They hung on the walls in a row, one after another, of different styles, colors and even sizes. And the greatest "majors" put such wealth on the floor. Wool carpets were valued. But in the 80's there were more affordable options - from synthetic thread.
Who is not so wealthy had to find an opportunity to hang 1, 2 in the main rooms, and put wicker paths on the floor. Well, someone in general was satisfied with a subtle miracle of light industry - Shishkin "Morning in a pine forest." It is said on the Internet that Shishkin has already become an antique.
Regarding the curtains. It was not so easy with them in those days. The variety of fabrics simply did not exist. Often, if something appeared on the shelves in the store, from which you could sew curtains, you had to stand in a huge queue. But in most cases, everything was bought from scratch for crazy money. However, any housewife, making a mad effort, considered it necessary to live on textile happiness. So it was not surprising that the neighbors could hang curtains of the same dirty blue color with a pale imitation of jacquard or something else incomprehensible with flowers.
Curtain tape did not exist in principle. Eaves - on a string, at best - a trumpet. Planck - a rarity. Each housewife had to cut the curtain and sew loops on it by hand. There is a whole technology of how these loops are made, and mothers passed the skills on to their daughters. Although some managed to make a living with metal clothespins on the rings. They pierced the fabric hard, but still did not make loops with their hands. Also a curiosity were any accessories for curtains. The Soviet inhabitants, even the wealthiest of them, knew nothing about tassels, necklaces, or even pick-up magnets. Here's how to tie a ribbon - the pinnacle of design thought.
Lambrequins for curtains could be found only in official institutions of the highest level. No family would have thought of inventing something like this in their home.
A separate topic is bedspreads. Exclusive, if the master herself. But given the state of the tissues - to implement such a plan was not easy. It was possible to cover the beds with blankets and jacquard bedspreads. The same bedspreads could be taken to the beach. And again, with a lot of variety.
Of course, every housewife tried to make her home more comfortable. It's just that a lot of effort, money and time was spent on all this. And yet it is good that today you can come to IDEIA and in one place to fully solve all issues with home textiles.
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