The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-06
ROOM DECORATION.
Oriental styles Quite tho Fashion In Eng
lish Mansions.
Tart Interchange.1

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Our English cousins can well afford to fur
nish US with models for our drawing-rooms
though even they must borrow designs and
materials from another nation which bears
the palm for delicacy Of composition and
originality Of method. To initiate q room
which, exists In one the most finished homes
of England the furniture and decoration
should be Japanese in style and character.
The larger panels OF the. door are filled
In with real Japanese lac plaques OF
with the general dull red coloring Of the other
work. Above tho low paneled dado- the
panels OF which are filled In with dark, rubys
colored plush the walls are hung with sage
green plush In panels, with borders OF cinna-
mon-eolored satin, on which, applique, scroll
frieze, filled In with various subject panels re-
presenting earth, air. fire, water, and the like.
Figures and animals should be done 10 natural
colors. on yellowlsh-green ground. The furni-
| ture should be of unpublished rosewood, into
| which various panels Of Japanese gold lacquer
| might be inserted. The seats OF the chairs are
| covered with sage-Rreen morocco, embossed
and gilt in panels. The general effect Of the
apartment will then be quaint and pleasing,
giving q desirable foreign look to q domestic
| home.
| Carpets de luxe are now however, almost
without exception, Oriental ones. Turkish
carpets have always held their own In Engs
land, as covering for dining rooms In all well
|
that they are infinitely the cheapest in the
long run. Now, however, Persian, Moorish
and Scinde rugs and carpets have 1t all their
own way Nothing else seems to be bought
except, perhaps, what are called the anglo
Persian" which are being made In enormous
quantities at Kidderminster, from Persian
| designs. They are not the same, however,
by very long way, and those who furnish
well buy the real article which is to be han
almost anywhere In London at the present
time.
In Persian carpets there is, however. an
enormous difference between the beautiful
textures mosty with light grounds. with
their close velvetY surface, which seems
to defy wear-and the modern Persian
made probably, on purpose for the English
market. Even In these however, 10 that
wonderful combination Of color which the
Persians understand so thoroughly and In
which we English are but tyros.
| There is clever way In which these car
petses woven In one piece, can be made to fit
any room by means of cutting them down.
| The carpet Is cut In two first, within the bor-
der, and a portion OF 1t unraveled. The
threads are then taken up one by one and
fastened together by the fingers, 80 that when
finished 1t Is impossible to discover the join
| ing except by turning to the back. Many par
TALLY worn carpets but those mainly OF the
old rugs or prayer carDpts) are now being
to remove the soiled surface and freshen the
colors Amongst the thousands imported by
some OF our large carpet warehouses, 1t Is
possible to find some OF great value and eX-
| uuisite tone. As these are often OF o long
shape, not very convenient, and therefore moi
SO salable as the others, they are often to be
had very much below their actual value.