In the beginning, window materials were primitive, grease-soaked skins.  Later, they evolved from thin sheets of mica or obsidian into glass.  To make larger sheets of glass was prohibitively expensive until the Queen Ann period. In fact it was such a luxury to have glass that windows were heavily taxed, hence when you travel thru Britain to this day, you will see bricked up windows. 

This was not a redecoration but avoidance of the tax, as it had to be permanently unable to open.  Some families when the tax repealed or they just got more money, unbricked the windows. Others didn't bother. So it was about the early 1700's that those lovely big sash windows started to appear. 

But many smaller homes kept to the panes of glass which we know as Georgian windows(1700's) as they were also less costly should one piece break to replace just that one pane and not the whole glass panel. 

 According to another source, the History Channel's "Medieval Castles and Dungeons" on "Modern Marvels," most people don't know that medieval castles had glass windows.  The glass makers would blow a bubble; lengthen it to the shape of a can; cut off the 2 ends, making a tube;
slit the length of 1 side; and lay it flat on the cooling table. 

One could only make small panes, this way.  They were then assembled, using seams of lead.  The result became multiple-paned  leaded glass windows.

Even in America, on the frontier and in poorer homes, the people used oiled skins(parchment) that though you couldn't see thru them, they did let in light while keeping the elements out.  Also readily on site and not needing wagons fillled with straw bumping over trails in the woods to deliver them.

With KaleidoView Portals®, the added dimension is created by a moving kaleidoscope.  Scottish inventor, Sir David Brewster: pioneered research into polarized light; was the first to identify the primary colors; and developed the kaleidoscope.

Kaleidoscopes were an immediate hit with the public.  And, that fascination continues into the 21st century with the KaleidoView Portal®.  

At an early age inventor, Patty Peffer, fell in love with the ever-changing patterns created by kaleidoscopes.   Then one night, the window idea came to her in a dream.  The quest to bring this unique item to market has been quite an adventure.  Response to the KaleidoView Portal® has been universally positive.   Everyone loves this unique blending of science and beauty.

The science behind the kaleidoscope, as first recognized by Sir David, is very precise.  The Brewster angle provides light with the means to act in amazing ways.  The KaleidoView Portal® utilzes this science to create something beautiful . 

End-users can find many uses and exciting settings for this device: from wine cellars to coffee shops, castles, mansions, churches, schools, health clinics, spas, hypnotists' offices, resorts, cruise ships, art museums, living rooms, babies' nurseries, sacred spaces, New Age stores and so many more.

The process of envisioning, designing and marketing a new idea in decorating has been very rewarding for inventor, Patty Peffer.   Meeting so many others who share her affinity for the magical spell of the kaleidoscope, as well as learning the necessary science, has been fascinating and difficult.  But the effort is all worth it, when someone's face lights up in amazement upon seeing the KaleidoView Portal®.