Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-10
ESTHETICs IL THE PAELOR.
The Newest Styles of Fashionable
Furniture in Vogue.
New York Star.

new lOfk btar.
Since the recent importation Of Oscar
Wilde, the rage for aesthetic furniture
and interior decorations, of a similar
style which had previously manifested
itself in isolated cases only, received
a fresh impetus, and the coming winter
land even Of those moderate-bloom-
ing like the old fashioned ~sunnower,
in antique style. This return to the
fasoions of a past generation, which
at present is manifested in articles Of
personal adornment as well as in house
hold furniture, would be regarded
as a return to the simplicity OF the
times of the fathers OF the Republic,
we're it not that this simplicity
commands extravagant Eprices; and
however great may be the desire OF
the man with an income of from
$1,000 to $4,000 per annum to surround
himself with furniture such as bis
ancestors used, he is unable to do SO
from the fact that oftentimes n single
article would cost half a years salary.
A few years ago the Eastlake was the
rage, and every article of furniture and
all interior decorations we're adapted
to that style. That era has passed,
and the antique has dawned upon
household furniture. For the coming
winter rosewood and mahogony will
be the fashionable furniture; black
walnut which has been so popular for
SO many years, being relocated to that
obscurity from which it will again
spring when popular taste changes.
Mahogany, Of all wood, is the best
adapted to stand the various phases
of a climate so changeable as ours.
The old fashioned sideboard is to
take the place Of the ornate brio a.
brac stand. The wood is mahogany.
highly polished, the ornaments Of
brass, the whole article being an exact
reproduction Of the sideboards SC
fashionable in the old Colonial times.
But il the excessively plain in the
style of furniture is to be popular, the
ornamental is not to be entirely over
looked, for beautiful furniture il
white and gold will adorn many fash
ionable parlors. The chairs ar,
straight backed, somewhat in tn,
Queen Anne fashion, but not so high
in the back as is generally found il
the latter style. Even fashion in hal
stands has changed, the tall ant
stately styles OF past years giving wa,
to a broad, low stand.
Carved wooden m%antels, with tile,
hearths, are fast coming into fashion
10 many homes. Added to these, ar
the old fashioned brass andirons, will
brass shovel and tongs, and in the YER,
aesthetic homes imitation logs, punct
ured with holes TO allow gas to escape
which, when it produces the effect Of
wood fire, are considered Just tn
! thing,
II am making a large number q
imitation logs" said a maitel maniac
turer, "and everybody who can pun
chase an old fashioned mantel and in
, ~itation wood Ere is going to do 80 thi
/ winter. Then the owner can lea
back in his old arm chair and enjoy a
the discomlorts OF a wood FIRE exceI
t the litter, aud be happy"
Heavy curtains, too, will be mol
, popular than ever this winter. Parl(
{ doors, book racks, folding doors an
= inches will be adorned with silke
curtains are hung on heavy bars {
0 wood or brass, to which they are a
t tached by large rings corresponding
9 the material which the bar is made.