Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-03
FOR HOUSEWIVES.

Care taking housekeepers, who desire to
protect their handsome furniture, are now
considering the question of choosing slip
covers, and waver between the well known
German Jacquard and Saxony linens and
bazan stripes, which come in the linen
drabs, browns, and other color combina.
tions, in plain stripes, figures. and flowers,
which are durable and laundry splendidly.
Rather more fancy are the English dimi-
ties, with tinted grounds, floral stripes and
figures in natural coloring of bright bios.
SONS, and among the novelties are the
French chintzes, in Chinese, Roman and
Egyptian designs, in characteristic national
colors and conceits that give the appear
ance of far more expensive fabrics. This
material is SO remarkable in price that one
can afford to renew the covering once dur
new set of furniture.
The most popular texture now in ordin
airy use for upholstering furniture is the
light weight jute, which comes in all the
brocade designs and tapestry color combi.
nations, such as peacock blue and crimson,
grays and blush tints, gold and blue, and
bronze and scarlet. various shades of brown,
bottle green and cardinal also in drab,
blue, gold and rose colors The latest cur
tains in jute have dado finishipgs on the
lower portions. In one set the designs and
figures are after Syrian models, in the color
of the fiber in wood brown, cedar and ma
hogany. Others are in Persian mechanical
patterns one set, in gold, bronze and car.
dinal, has small figures in body of curtains,
while the dados are in large designs. In
some the dados seem continuation of the
eenters in larger figures, the one merging
into the other, while in jute curtains the
division of dado and body figures is de-
fined by band in solid color, or one with
prominent or raised flowers on self-hued
grounds.
Curtains and reversible portieres are
made of plain silk Turcoman, finished with
bands of satin in contrasting or compile
mental colors, either plain or richly en-
broidered in silk, in vines or floral designs.
Turcoman curtains in Roman stripes are
garnished with Roman fringe borders. A
handsome set is of this material, in block
figures and bands, after the old English
models and colors, intersected with tinsel.
Crimson, old gold, blue, bronze, and green
satin draperies have plush borders, others
are finished with tapestry dados and Dor.
broidered or embossed velvet or plush.
Fashion drapery curtains are still popular,
and are really very effective.
For summer curtains, those of delicate
Brussels lace are very pretty, with their
dainty traceries of vines and flowers on fine
net, but these at the East cost from $50 to
SOS pair, and all cannot afford such ex-
pensive curtains, when real handsome cur.
tains of French guipure cost from $40 to
SIS, and those of Scotch guipure, plain,
lowered, and striped, with borders of va.
rious designs, range in price from 81 so to
IS per pair. Nottingham lace curtains are
as low as 81, and attractive curtains in an
tique lace are So 80 pair, and tabourd
lace curtains are S.. Scrim cloth is new
fabric for curtains, kind of heavy ba-
tiste, which can be trimmed with antique
lace