The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-07-08
Cunning Clothes.

The suggestion offered in late num-
Der of Harpers, B0zar with regard to
home comforts and luxuries are very
valuable. In regard TO furnishing house
st says:
! Country houses are furnished through
out with chintz, and the summcr-houses
ofpeople who come to town in the win.
ter now show some of the best illustra-
tons of the Gothic revival. The chIntz
and cretonnes most like have two shades
Of one colOr,a quaint old blue or buff for
the background almost covered with
darker arabesques. The frames of this
cottage furniture may be of bamboo or
stained black wood. Other elaborate
chintz suits have grave drab or brown
grounds nearly covered with flowers and
! figures of brilliant color; the wood is
concealed by the luxuriantly tuftcd cush-
ions, and the edges are bordercd with
velvet bands and deeply fringed. Floors
of inlaid woods extend throughout the
house, and are furnished with Dutch or
Turkish rugs.
Dining rooms and libraries are uphol-
stored with leather, plain or stamped IN
bright colors OF sombre, either brown,
dark green, or crimson. The wood is
most usually black walnut, though there
is fancy for oak suits. The Grim
mings" are bands Of black velvet thick
( ~ studded with brass nails, and rich
fringe. The styles are the sohd sub
stantial-ooking Gothic The useful and
misunderstanding sideboards now in
fashion are, of all others, the pieces upon
which lovers of the medieval seem to
have expended their best designs.
They are high, squarecornercd, strong,
with shelves above for displaying rare
porcelain-which is now priced more
than slvcr-and cupboards below for
china. Sometimes though seldom, they
have mirror backs, but usually they arc
of oakcn wood, with no moulding tina,
is not in the wood itself, instead Of being
glued on, and no carving that is not in
cisive. Very little marble is used about
sldcboards. The quaintcst tiles are
their chosen ornaments, and the great
rings, key and hinges are of nickic, or
else oXiCizcd silver. The walls ofrooms
furnished with leather arc covered TO
match, or rather with paper initiating
the leather used for upholstery. The cur
tains arc of dsmask, or Of the new linen
crash bordered with velvet, and the
lam brequins are of leather decorated in
the corners to initiate the tiles used in
the furniture. Rich Indian cashmeres, /
damasks, and raw silks are also used !
for luxuriantly furnished libraries. /
Palmer rooms have worsted figured /
stuffs, as plain reps have gone quite out
OF fashion.
Among the novelties in upholstery /
for various rooms, summer chambers,
small reception rooms, or young gen.
tlemen's rooms, are gray linen damasks .
bordcred with gray embroieries, or else
figuers in applique cut from scarlet blue,
and black cloth. The curtains should /
match; the wood of the furniture is con
cealcd by the luxuriant cushions. A
new fabric made of jute is shown for mp
holstering smoking-rooms and bache-
lors' apartments. Raw silk of thick
heavy quality and very dark colors in
Partisan designs is used for billiard
rooms.
Marble or parquct doors are seen in
large halls. Black walnut is tho wood
preferred for halls, though some fine
houses have mahogany and maple. Hat
racks have large square mirrors, with
frames ornamented with tiles, and set
with brackets and Plus. The chairs a?e
upholstered leather or may be all wood.
Umbrella stands have u polished brass
ray for holding The dripping umbrella,
md one Of the inevitable tiles for orna-
nent. Beautiful newell lights for the
DOT of the staircase are made Of what is
;alIod rose gilt, polished, and with moth
nc false in the metal, and others are
'rnamcntei with Chinese porcelain.
treat improvements are made in chan .
leiiers, aud even gasixturcs are no Ion
ger commonplace. Hail chandeliers
re square lantern shaped boxes of glass,
nclosing q red globe that gives beauti-
ully shaded light. For rooms are chan
.chers of r0sebronZ--a mixture of cop
'cr--ornamentcd with glass drops in
oriated shapes, while the gas is shaded
n half globes that conceal il from be-
ow, but give the gas more air than the
hole globes, and thus il burns freely.