Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-03

SOME SUGGESTIONS TOWARD SECURING THE
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THAT OBJECT
CHAIR RACKS

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THAT OBJECT
CHAIR RACKS.
Some of the newest are made of alter
nate squares of linen and sntin-the linen
being worked with large conventional
design i'll crewels of one tone. Satin
sheetmG is also employed aud cmbroider-
ed with passion or sunhowcrs, .poppies,
clcmatis, anemonds begonias, orange
lilies, japanese lilies, chrysanthemums,
kingiishers and japanese almonds. The
newest idea is TO powder tiny flowers ali
over. light blue ground, with pomc-
Granates i'll arrascnc, is wonderfully pref
ty ; SO are white lilies on Il ruby ground
Bands of brocaded silk, the design COM
plctcly hidden by silk embroidery and
gold thread, are laid on serge and crash
satin sheetinG and sateen. A very beau
tlful chair back of cardinal satin, fringed |
at the ends, has insertions of macrnme
lace.
| FIVE o'clock TEA-CLOIH
Among the prettest of the material |
for this purpose are the small Syrian and |
Egyptian cloths. embroidered in chain
stitch with gold-colored floss silk on
cream-colored linen and coarse gauze
Russon crash, with n border worked i'll
cross stitch, with blue and red marking
cotton. edged with lragoon work aud
finished with n border of the coarse Rus
sian lace tred, blue and white. is very eff
fective. A more daintily pretty cloth,
perhaps, may be gained by choosing a
small one of lamask, with suitable pat
tcrn-not too ''niggling" in detail-and
outlining the design with gold-colored
| iilrs,llc The effect of this is charming,
especially ii the cloth be edged with
coarse Greek lace, but care should be
taken To use filosellc which will keep its
color when the cloth is washed
FOLDING SCREENS.
Some large Powered plant should be
| chosen Tor each compartment, and each
panel might be of different color, SO as
to harmcnze with the flowers worked on
them, or else have all the panels OF the
same hue, say dark shade of dead-gOld
Roman satin or two colors may be chos-
en- for the whole screen, reversing their
arrangement in the panels. Thus, in
dark red and gold, the first panel should
be dark red Roman satin with sunfiOwers;
the second old gold satin with large deep
crimson poppies while the third panel
would be dark red again, with pale yell
low hollyhocks. \ very effective way of
NoThlilS llest libWtES. ~ |
pear slightly raised, is to make a ground
of cotton wool, over which they are
worked with Berlin woods instead of
crewels Ii the screen is TO be very
elaborate. about third of the height OF
each panel should DO of n different and
deeper color from the upper portion, and
world with gcomctrical pattern in ono
color, or VII - rowdering of flowers, such
40. lDIst4. ~. ..iIlS nr wppl QnnmnppS |
Or n beautiful screen could he made by
choosing for each panel some renaiss-
ance panel design to be worked either sol
idly or in outline bat after all the labor
Of needle-wOrl, screen covered with an
tique stamped leather, dimly but richly
colored and Gilded, or with modern repro
auctions of il, has 4 really more satisfac
tory effect i'll = room. Japanese papers
rich damashs. pushes, velvet and bro
cades look very well rs screen coverings,
either mounte,! plainly or draped i'll
folds.
PATCHWORK.
Patchwork. has taken new start of
late, and is becoming more elab crate and
more difficult, but at the same time far
more satisfactory. Some of the designs
found in carved ceilings of the sixteenth
|
work for cushions and chair covers, loose
embroidery sketches being laid upon it
here and there.
SOFA CUSHIONS.
Sofa cushions are so pretty Just now
for example. alternate squares of guipure
dart laid on satin, and squares of satin,
each embroidered with a spray, or pref
ty group of flowers in the centre, worked
on satin shecting, and round this is n bor
dcring of velvet, forming sort of .
frame, and caught down with stitches in
gold and brown silk. For the chairs and
table border. a ruby velvet, or plush,
looks well, with conventional design in
brown. blue and gold, or peacock, worked
in shades Of brown Il heavy silk fringe
round the same fol table border. Cream
shecting, with border of brown velvet,
worked with cOnventionalizcd heur-de
lis in shades of olive green arrasene, and
blue and pink flowers, peeplnS out at III
tervals. Serge. with conventional pop
pies. or yellow and violet crocuses, with
butterflies lowering over. Silk and whole
arrascne mixed makes the work look bet
ter.
Er'GS ANp "ouvRrprrnS
Weli-prescrved breast skins of all
kinds of fresh water and sea fowl APP
piled rs shaded stripes mounted on
linen, and then joined firmly
together, are made into beautiful
rugs, couvrepieds, etc. The bright color
ed necks are used as border, and the
whole is then mounted on cloth or other
thick wool material. or quilted silk.
Grebe and gulls breasts mix well with
the darker, more sombre colors, and the
bright nccEs of domestic fowl brighten
up such Il border wonderfully, without
taking away the delicate, subduei tone of
grcys and browns peculiar to such plu-
mage.
PIANO BACKS.
Piano backs give wide scope for pea
cocks feather application. Choice tail
feathers may he laid on i'll fiat sheavcs,
crossed and tied with Il handsome bow OF
very wide ribbon, and border of eyes
being put oil around the edge of the
back. Black plush or satip cloth make
handsome foundation fof this device.
Groups of tire" intcrlaced rings of eye
feathers. laid on fiat, look well with IL
border If frends round the edge of back.
THE DANCE OF DEATH.
come ,n the Dance of Death. all We whose fate
By birth Is mortal, be- ye great or small
Ani willing come. nor lettering. nor late,
Els. force shall bring YOU struggling to NV thra
For since Won friar hath uttered loud his call
To penlicnCe and EoinesS sincere.
lie 'hat delays must hope no waiting here;
F.? SIN the cry j., Haste and Haste 10 all y
From, The spanish
An exchange saws that the coming girl is
to be more generally pretty than the kind
We have heretofore had.