jalousie

Japanese: jalousie
jalousie

...The apartments of Louis XV at the Palace of Versailles were also equipped with gorgeous damask blinds. The so-called Venetian blind was invented in France at the end of the 16th century as a simple structure and was called a jalousie (ventilation grille). In the mid-18th century, it was gradually improved, and in America it was named Venetian blinds, and it spread throughout Western Europe. Following this process, the style of curtains and blinds was largely established in Western Europe by the late 18th century.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "jalousie" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ベルサイユ宮殿のルイ15世の居室にも華麗なダマスク織の目隠しカーテンが設備されていた。また,いわゆるベネチアン・ブラインドVenetian blindは16世紀末にフランスで簡単な構造のものが考案され,ジャルジーjalousie(通風格子)とよばれたが,18世紀中期にはしだいに改良が加えられ,アメリカでベネチアン・ブラインドと名づけられ,西欧各地にも普及した。以上のような経過をたどって西欧では18世紀後期までにカーテンとブラインドの形式がほぼ整えられたのである。…

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