New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-03-22
THE FASHIONS.
OPENING DAYS.

beauty The gray ground is covered with shaded green
foliage varied here and there by clusters Of creamy
tinted dogwood blossoms and flowers; the Craceiui
wandering branches formed at regular intervals p
bending trees and shrubs into medallions, wherein
paebue sky gows through the clustering leaves down
upon n piece Of water It's gray-blue surface framed
In broad lily leaves rushes tall grasses. and brown
rocks overgrown with lichcn and ferns SINH
lar style, equally beautiful In It's soft Vei-
yety effects like a painting shows Autumnal unts OF
tangled forest with leaves 1ecked with crimson, yellow
and brown OF greenshaded ferns wandering vines
of small white flowers and tail lily sheaves shadow
popd OF graybue water In the foreground, rejecting
the blue sky above At the sides Of the medaons ana
in its background notified trunks OF trees WIN
low.hangtng branches OF changing foliage; beneath
deer drinks from the pond and another STANDS on inc
bank pale olive ground OF still another style SHOWS
large dropping tulips natural coors with waving vine
branches and half closed buds. great
many olive. bronze and other quiet tnts
OF green are seen in these fabrics. interpreted
IN some cases with the Eastern cOors OF old god cron
copper. pomeGr inate pink, dusRy blue ana red Inc
mummy cloth, reproduction of the wrappings OF the
Egyptian mummes, in appearance and texture Is SHOWN
IN such shades drab, gray, deep blue ana yellow
cream lead color primrose and brown and Is used or
all manner OF upholstery purposes The French creton-
mes are so rich in color and design and from the
superb quality elegant appearance that they de-
corate drawingrOom we'll as boudoir; at TINS iact
no one will wonder. considering that the charming
drawings made by the artist Norris
On one piece OF this beautiful cretonne OF creamy
ground are wandering vines and blossoms all in pale
drabs and shaded brown and white delicate owe
ground is strewn with clusters of the blood
red blossoms Of the pomegranate mingled with
saffron flowers and starred with white water
lilies; over GtrOn ground duskypetaed
viol,ts and large creamy white flowers with
delicate leaves are placed without set design On
other grounds OF black paler tint of pomegranate
ivory old gold and drab e1qustey shaded wild roses
cematis vines and Marguertes wander, and dark ecru
ground IS superb specimen OF artistic beauty
in branching passion flowers and olve-shaded
leaves. Eastlale crepe cloth has designs OF the
English Gothic style. In olive, dusky red, dull blue and
pOmegranatc. For chambers and dressng-roOms there
are fine soft crctonnes and twied cotton serges OF
pretty chintz patterns draO, ivory and paleDlue
grounds showing in bright relief gay flowers and
leaves These cost 81 50 a yard and are nifty inches
wide More costly is the Velour dc Palermo, q magnh-
cent embossed silk in old gold, lemon, olive, pomegran-
ate crimson ctron, with raised patterns IN velvet OF
hOneysuckc vines on one; on another, sunhowers and
tulips ana acanthus.
The Broderie dc Leon, Windsor pattern, is a silk
faced tapestry. the background closely interviewer
with god-cOl0rcd SIX in Dice patterns arabesques and
scrolls. new style Of jute curtain Is alike Oh both
SIDES having handsome wide borders woven in the lus
trOus fabric ard edged with heavy tasseled fringe.
These all tints, well as in old go d.
drab brown and olive, and Sl5 window. In other
draperes and porteres there are No stripes TO
be but mixtures in raw silk tapestries Of pnks
that shade into brown and other Eastern COlcTs Of
strange blues and reds dusky olives sage and sienna,
mingled with hccks Of cream aud white aud woven in
flagrec OF line, AND curves, lights and shadows; and
over other styles OF golden satiny grounds wander
raised silky vines flowers and LEAKAGE, here and there
n butterfly and scrolls; and again arc seen squares
and mcdaions inclosing set cures Of gold brown
ground. shades Of drah upon gold. Superb table
cloths are chosen 10 accompany these hdngiDgs. one
specimen has old gold embossed silk ground, thicky
covered with olive arabesques entwined about with
passion flowers dusky foliage creamy white niles, roses
and tulips 1t has medallion border of quaint Indian
colOrs, with tulips forming outer border surrounded
by dropping tendrls. THIS costs $35
Window dIaperies OF thinner materials have never
been surpassed beauty OF design. Soft yellOwish
French haste striped and edged with antique gupure
costs 500 window. There is similar style in real
Cunv with borders OF work which is also shown
in buff batlste A departure from the OIdfashioned
tambour curtains shown in impoTtatons OF web
Ike lace tue seeming fragty scarcely fitted to bear
the weight OF the deliberately tambouIed flowers in de-
tached clusters. one style is finished with dado
and fIicZe panels OF shaded and lilies These
cost $50 a window. The French 6cru batiste curtains
with inserted stripes and bordering Of heavy
applique work by hand in Gothic designs, cost
$3.50 q window. Other fine tambOurCd curtains
closely resemble Brussels and Venetian point I'm the de-
signs of ferns, ailantus and roses. Very fine
French nottingham gupure curtains in floral figures
alternate stripes Of heavy and transparent work cost
only IS window. superb point lace draperies have
designs taken, most of them are from nature and
from the exquisite TRAGEDIES OF artists in stone There
are banks OF ferns aud large shaded water es PUSHES
and waving grasses, and again whCelwOrk, acanthus,
leafagc and scrolls in borders yard wide and deep.
All lace curtains have accompanying lace loops. Brass
or black wood poles used with large rings, and
more fashionable than other kinds of cOrnice
Wall papers, dados and frezes especially adapted
TO harmonic with uphOlstcring fabrics. Fer dining
rooms and libraries wI paper in English Gothic style
shows blocks OF embossed gold alternating with medal
lions OF drab ground and tail golden lilies and SPRAYS
of olive green. \ clOtl-OisJd embossed ground has
designs of pale olycsbadcd roses ana butterflies the
dadO has gold mbossed background i'll alternate
panels Of giGus Jars and 1eur dc lis the fricze is
divided in three parts, and shows the fable of the
s,ork and fox IN browns and dark red with an
Outlining OF white and black and cod. A DRAWN groom
paper has gold embossed ground covered with shaded
white flowers AMI graceful vines trailing
trellis OF white ana gold A light drab ground
has golden lilies aud curyng leaves drifting over IT,
The fri, a. has sage ground, with flowers in warm
brown shades; arabosqucs aud scrolls and LEAKAGE
CT tie gold and drab ground of the dadO. An ashes of
ground is blocked IN gold and white and gold with
namboyaut traceres relief For hall the land
scape de- lens and cOlors repeated described in
crepe cloth drapeTy. Another style for halls mas
black ground blocked with drab, pomegranate red
and gold outlined with olive; the dadO Is three
feet from the floor For chambers and dressing rooms
wall papers have lvOIy-tiuted grounds, where long
graceful Of morning giOres pink purple and blue
drift across here and there cluster OF crumped pinks
minge with pale haTebes and nOdding courubne.
These are intended 10 correspond with the cIetOune and
soft wood hanging already described. The hue folk
not forgotten in the bright cherry PAPER for
walls in which the Mother Goose Melodies and Esop's
Fables repeated IN fantastic figures and cOorng,
and on light gray grounds all manner OF funny pic
tuTcs OF donktys and monkeys running hurdle races,
clowns horses and aughter-pIovOking caricatures all