The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-26

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1 framed ia rcccs.cs Of The walls purpose.
I ly icft in buiIding the books protected
With doors oi lai;icci Mifc.work. and
( glass or curtain behind as taste may
suggest. with good large open hre.
7 place. and quain, old chimney. piece
/ above, on which may stand n clock 10
/ make the fight of time tina; the books
besulc; the walls pnpered probably
with quiet oak colofed paper, the fur.
ni.ure Cha, i. heavy enough t. require
other than cane for It's materially of
black walnut, un. frcnch.poli.l,et. aud
with few pictures or engra,ii iics hun.
up,or in portfolio stands about the room.
: al easy CHAIR, and some vases OF cut
flowers, can readily b. made as cosy n
! place as any heart could desire wiilou;
seeking the furniture away from the
store tha, county h.asdicraIt can sup
! ply.
| The Parlor, Drawing-room, or what
ever il may be called, will PERM. of on
ly greater splcndor. in its pleniA'ins
lutte knick. knacks, if curious or beau,i.
ful, may DO sirewed here aud there. and
a rielly.wrought arinoirc or cabinet,
/ perhaps a gem Vf an inlald table, or u
glorious old moyea-oye' clock upon
the mantle. may show that the wealth
I is not absent that might fl the room
with costly furniture, only the restrain
ing good taste is also in equal plenty.
I oh. f,tt,.
mans may Gf necdeD be there, bu. the
fairy fingers Of lady workers can better
render them beautiful than the most
cunning of fashionable upholsserers.-
Suspended baskets for flowers arc pret.
ty embellishments TO II drawing-room,
particularly TO any recess, as for instance
that of a bay window; and the little
Fisher Boy" so tru,hful!y ugsrstive
Of quiet home life, may descrrediy iind
a niche somewhere in lhe apartment
Rccesses lcf; in building the walls, may
serve as simple cabinets for atew choice
| books, some old time-hOnorcd china, or
other articles of rertu, valued more from
association than from intrinsic cost and
tic ii'I io' 'hat SuStVih SCClIis w uNHia''u
II place for, shoeli Le, we think, simply
let into the wall without frame or gid.
ing. serving only as a reflcciing face TO
image the objects of interes: in the room
and out, making thus home picture,
not Il gaudy show. Ii the floor be car
pctcd, a pattern Of small figures, with
cheerful colors, in which green bears bu,
II small! proportion, (ior ii green be used,
red must greatly pIeponderaie to kill
and in which the chromatic effect is that
of a mosaic, rather than Of any specii-
cally detailed design, should be chosen ;
large pattern destroys, the apparen,
size Of the room, and dwarfs all other
colored embellishments in the apartment;
and carefully shaded flowers, wrealhs,
and other vegeiati"c decoration always
appear out Of place upon the floor 10 be
uodjen on crushing living flowers un-
der foot, even to inhale their odor, is u
barbariiy, but TO tread on worsted ones,
oiorless and without form, is certainly
senseless.
The walls, if papered, may be prclti-
ly and sayIy decorated by using what
is called encausiic paper. This paper
is Of one color, and without any pattern
ii' surface exactly y resembling the finest
painted wall proper tin, being cho.
sen rs the background, and the whole
wall covered Herewith, portions Of pa
per of another color may be placed up
on il in accordance with some pre.ar.
ranged design, and by using narrow
lines Of strips of brightly coIorcd paper,
perhaps Il landscape or floral medallion
here and there. and some other litlc
establishment in the corners, panel
and compartments may be made upoi
the wall. and very beautiful and du
rab'c effect Che paper bearing scrub
hing) obtained at a very small cost
We will recur 10 this subject at soIn(
future time. q. W.