The Venetians didn’t invent Venetian blinds despite its name.
It was British designer, Edward Beran, who, in 1769, enclosed adjustable wooden slats into a frame in order to regulate the amount of light coming into a room.
They became known as Venetian blinds as a marketing ploy because Italian furnishings were considered very sophisticated in England at the time.
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