Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-14
WHAT WOMEN WANT 10 KNOW
Tapestr5es.

Tapestrjes.
Beautiful things are made out Of leather
Painted panels of lifa-sizs figures arc set in
plush or velvet for portieres at tho cost of so
each. Figures are also painted plush,
the face and hands being made of inserted
leather and framed in the same way for the
same purpose. Real hand made tapestries are.
of course tho handsomest and most expensive
portieres one can find. but they arc ex remedy
rare Next to these come silk velve:s, brilliant
flowers on creamy or pale grounds, at the cost
Of from $50 to $50 yard. Some rink and
blue satin, with lacy design in cream and
for the walls. Some of tho hanginsa have
broad embroidered stripes going across them
at about the height Of high dado. Other
rooms arc hung with satin, checked off in da-
mcnd patterns by worked ivory. Others bava
8 light Japanase wood carving almost like lace
for the frieze. This wood work is also used in
cabinets aud bookcases over silk curtains
One Of the handsomest bookcases has three
cornpar tments. the center one being shut in
with door of open work Brass behind which
one can put magazines and so forth. For
upholstery loom-woven tapestries are largely
used in ibrarlos, stting-rooms and every
where but the drawing-room. They come in
an immense variety and an equal range in
cost, aud are very rich in coloring and texture
Ths best thing for parlors, however, both
in wear and appearance, is the old-satln
damask, which is brought out in all the new
shades and beauties. Some Of it is plain stuff
richly embroidered and very expensive. but
for $14 a yard one can get very handsome
parlor covering To go with it is plush for
the window curtains, either plainly lined or
embroidered with spray running the whole
length, Or with an embroidered strip about
half way up. or trimmed with a fringe a foot
or eighteen inches wide, turned over at the top
and narrow gimp all around. This is the
way they recommend one to do at Lewis
Tiffany's rooms, but the materials they have
there, although costly, are not nearly so hand
some, we thought, III spite Of patriotism, as the
exquisite French fabrics
.-.@.ss Fs&s# Rags. -
New York Latter: Nextin order came rugs
OF course, floors are either made entirely or
bordered with hard woods, aud the rugs are ar
ranged with sockets and pins to keep them
firmly in place. We had by good fortune heard
Of an East India company as having q large
variety ofsreal Oriental goods, and we went at
once ttere. Its way down town, and the odd
est of places. I felt as if I was an enlbalmed
mummy after sitting there awhile. go numer-
GUS are the spices and gums and odors OF in
describabIe Eastern things which d abound.
But the rugs are well worth seeing
There were beautiful ageas three-fonrths
Of an inch thick, every thread made BY
hand, most OF 1ten, unfo.tnna tely. by the
prisoners in India. Others, called nomads,
are woven ia the tents by different
hands. and with only general idea kept in the
design; no two points Of 9 diamond. for in
OF the rug being like the other. Sometimes
they take year TO make one OF them; some
tiines ten years. It's like - lady's fancy work
All the colors are indescribably rich and soft,
but the antiques are the most beautiful AZ
they are rolled ont clouds OF dust arise. and the
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