The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-09
FURNITURE.

Simpler styles prevail IN all xmas OF
furniture, both in French and English
designs People begin to appreciate the
substantial things that are not only USE
iul but are beautiful because OF their ap.
propristeness, and dealers use less warn
ish, veneer, and glue. making things
really what they seem. In the low
priced plain articles under discussion
there are simply fas hioned, and instead
OF being given glossy ln'tre with
varnish that is made white by every
chance blow, they are rubbed down to
make a smooth polished tinsih, which Is
easily restored, when lost, by rubbing
with a very little oil; tho favorite black.
walnut wood looks especially well treated
in this way. For the light woods now
SO popular, white ash is one OF the least
EXPENSIVE; white holy and birch are
more costly. Ornaments are moulded
in wood, and for pam pieces consist
merely of straight incised lines, or slight
bsiu, trades in Q Ieen Anne style. MIN
ton tiles are also much used for decora-
ton, and add little to the expense; very
neat and simple tiles of the tavorite blue
and white will be added to entire
chamber suits tor from ~ 50 TO So,
Marble topped furniture and marble
msntels are much less used than former-
". Brass or rickle rings for knobs are
PREFER ed to wood.
For sitting rooms and summer parlors,
the best furnishing houses supply
cretonne suits of six pieces at
firm $S5 upward. These have
wide. seated sofas and chairs,
covered with the new twllled cretonnes,
tbicklv ,ufted, with the wool all covered
and the stutfIng of white hair. A novel
ty for these cool rooms in suits OF wool.
covered wire 10 open lattice patterns;
The wool braid Is blue or scarlet, and the
wood of the frame is usually light. The
suit of sofa, two srm-chairs, and four
smaller chairs Is $50. Separate chairs
for the piszzs or for rooms, fitted up
with creton ne, are Sc or IS apiece. Suits
upholstered with raw silk are S225 and
upward. Suits of reps. with border
putfs of contrasting color, are Sl5o;
plsiner ones begin as low as SIS. Tables
ter these rooms may be be nearly cover
cd with the stuff used for covering the
sofas, and irihged around or e,se they
he a Turkish cloth table cover, or are
SLIGHTLY inlaid with marquetry aud MT
cnyered The cabinet with closed doors
and some shelves fol p ttery Is fsvorite
niece of furniture for these small room,
blu, adds much to the expense. There
are, however, small hanging csbit cts,
and corner ,binets with doors, shelves,
,nd bslustrsde, at $50 or $40;
also ebonizsd shelves, with lac
ouerred trays set as shelves, beginning
as low as IS.
For chambers are excellent suits OF
b,.cI walnut, made in substantial man
na, with or without marbles as the pur-
chaser likes, for from SIS to 500.
These have bed-stesd, ouresu, wash
stand. table. rocklngchair, and two other
chairs. Dressing-cases with long ana
side drawers are liked by some, but
most ladies now prefer bureaus with the
broad square mirror in Engiish style'
Very pretty but simple sets OF ASH LOT
the Chamber in the modern Gothic de-
signs that dealers presist in cai'lns
| Esstlske are sold for $751; these nave
ali the pieces Just mentioned ana d
,, towel rack; the next price, at s9o, mas
! files: those at 800 have pretty iiiumi-