A friend sent me the above image: it's an 1850s Illinois newspaper advertisement for lace curtains, and it proudly proclaims lace curtains priced at "$5 to $100 a pair" I did a little research, and it seems that an 1850s dollar, with inflation, would be worth $27 today. Thus, this firm's cheapest curtains would be $135 a pair or $62.50 a panel. In fact, our
Cottage Lace Panel starts at only $69
a pair!
We don't have anything, though, that costs $2700 a pair or $1350 a panel...
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