The daily gazette., 1877-12-05
CARPETS and Furniture,
FASHIONS IN HoUsE-oARPETs, CUR
TAINs, PARLoR AND BEDROOM
FuRNITURE

FURNITURE.
The first question in furnishing room
is apt to be the carpet. 1t is only In
handsome houses, built not to let, put 70
live in. that one finds floors which may
be polished and go bare, with here and
there a rug. And bare floors require
scrubbing and polishing beyond the
means of those who keep few Servants;
So. with all the caprice for rugs and
so tlares of oarpeting, the average house
wife prefers q carpet which shall MT the
room, even thought in SO making IL oe
ruined for any other. "lf the next moor
| it has to cover Is smaller, well ana goou,
| If larger, we can add a border" is her
reasoning Within the past two years
the patterns of carpets have wholly
changed; we no longer tread on roses, or
richlooking autumn leaves. Inc new
carnets are either Eastlake, Gothic, Per.
sian. Japanese, or Indian, and none OF
these allow of gorgeous flowers or lu1ur-
liant foliage. The Indian and Persian are
the mingled hues with which IurKisn
rags and India shaws nave iong AZ
lmade us acuuainted the Gothic style
are in square or 0blong blocks, with oe.
SIGNS which in color and shape might
have been copied from mediBvai win,
dow. Arches and curves in Rhadeu
browns and deep reds, fawn ting son
ground of blue, giving only the idea OF
Harmony in whi ch one neglects 10 hoIce
the pattern; these are some OF theln' II
Wilton and body Brussels carpess the
designs are identical IN inc ieuol i',i
and Administer lighter shades are seen
though the favorite gray has become al
nn1lsT,al tint. But none of these can com
mare with the Eastern carpets a1te
which thew are modelled, the European
have not even yet fathomed the secret o
Eastern looms and Eastern dyes. Sul
Administer carpeting-whlch IN cos
heads the European hst-1s hVe ooila,s
ward. while the Persian is ten or twelve
ibonoh in opposition to .this is the FAC
that an Eastern carpet will last HE
time. OF longer, while the AXaminster 9
hest. and with careful usage, grow
Isbahbv in twelve or fifteen years unle
oovered. and why buy such carpet II
is not to be seen? Body Brussels earpeu
Iron frame, as the dealers Call them, ar.
lshown in the new designs for one uo
lar and fifty cents to two dola[s r. PRe
yard. while tapestry Brussels sells 10
> 80 dollar and ten to one dollar an
thirty-fiye cents Carpets OF the sam
nuality IN the old-fashioned large hgufe
A are marked down to almost nal1 prlcs
and are bought by persons who preie
economy to the latest style. Ingrai
carpets, even those at forty-nve Gents
ward, show the new departure III Paa
terms, The figures are small anu VI u
tones deep and rich; no gay contrasts
huge bonauets of impossible flowers. :
good three-ply carpet is by, all ODDS tl
Rest for dining-room or bed room, slne
when faded or worn on one slue IL ma
ha tnrned ON the other. These also shol
the new colors and designs, and are 80,
for the same prices as tapestry brussei
two or three of which they Will outWea
II in making up the carpet pieces are ~ ~
as they usually must be In matching u
fionres. border them with heavy woole
frinpe-making small rugs to BE p
whereyer most hard usage Is likely
come. g.. aI,o,
hers ia in light woods, beginning as 10
as thirty dollars for set, without wal
robe, but tasteful and neat. Marpie 70
4 to bureau and washstand add zen u,
with pictures painted or etched upon, u
nieces, gre more or less costly, accordii
. 10 the value of the workmanship, ran
inc for the set from fifty to five hundr'
G dollars in price. The fashionable Graz
L. inst now, is for art pottery, anu ever
a. body is pasting decalcomanie pictures
~ ~ jugs and jars, in imitation OF .ne c1s'
ry Chinese jars, when nave SO loIs 90
rn1 nri zed as ornaments in wealthy noust
lg. The trouble is, however, that though :
n work Is pretty and to some extent usei
50 there ia too much OF it, and becomi
common, it will soon pass out OF Iasnie
OK AZ se many such fancies have DONE
STYLES IN FURNITURE.
In furniture the taste is also lot II
. dimval designs and for Oriental effec
!. Everything antique is stylish, and, OF;
: mountings are much used. a;,nga Cabinets
bric-a-brac are part of the furniture
), all handsome parlors, and the quaint
SL, they are the better. Etageres are
~ ~ longer necessary persons preferto ke
'"f their costly treasures under glass SIN In ;,
cabinets just spokenof Egyptian furmt!
in ebony and gold with sphinx heads
f, carving; Eastlake. that broad te
which covers so much of the mode ODE
rage for artin furniture saxon :, 16t. OF.
Es and the Queen Anne styles all obti
favor and lind purchasers. Solidity a
strength mark, all the new furnitu
which is made indiscriminitely of III
and dark woods, and is In most cases
r | oa,,, an+ ad with hinges. keyhOle and OIL