Curtain rod from the mid-19th century, typical thin rod with elegant hand-turned end knobs in birch. Attached to the wall using hand-forged screw hooks.

The original pole, which comes from the farm Nästgårds in Sterte, Österfärnebo (now one of our exhibition houses) was painted with 7 percent carbon black gray and with buds in 100 percent carbon black.

Make your own 18th century style roller blind, the kind that is rolled using ropes. A complete roller blind kit includes a round rod, a square rod, two rings of glass, two leather straps and about 8 meters of cotton cord.

We recommend hand-forged nails, 1.5 – 2″, to attach the leather straps and a sturdy fabric, such as our product Roller Blind Fabric.

Curtain rod from the mid-19th century, typical thin rod with elegant hand-turned end knobs in birch. Attached to the wall using hand-forged screw hooks.

The original pole, which comes from the farm Nästgårds in Sterte, Österfärnebo (now one of our exhibition houses) was painted with 5 percent carbon black gray and with buds in 100 percent carbon black.

The hooks are linseed oil burnt and therefore black.