Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-28

lighter colors for carpets, for upholstery
goods and for wall-coverings. Soft neu-
trail tints are chosen in carpets, and the
object is to avoid all striking effects
both in design and color, SO that the
carpet may serve as an unobtrusive
background for the furniture. Black
and very dark grounds are disappear
ing from all carpets except those for
halls, libraries and dining-rOoms, while
those for drawing-rooms, parlors, re-
ception-rooms, chambers and sitting
rooms have subdued shades of old blue,
olive. India red, sage green, ecru or
golden brown; the terra-cotta, Sevres
blue, Pompeiian rose and imperial yell
lows used last year are still seen, with
pearl, sky blue and shrimp colors for the
lightest grounds. The designs are
small and intricate, being made up of
geometric figures or palms, latticed
bars, tapestry patterns, conventional
lied flowers of small sizes, Oriental de-
signs copied literally from antique rugs,
or else the entire carpet may be a single
plain color, or melange of many colors
without any set pattern. All carpets
are bordered, and the same good designs
sters may be found in the most mex
pensive ingrains. For large drawing
rooms the Administer carpets with deep
pile are sold by the yard or else the
measure of the room is taken and the
entire carpet is woven in one piece to fit
it. These luxuriously tufted carpets are
also woven in patterns like those of rugs
for halls, in India designs for libraries,
and in rather dark tapestry effects for
dining-rooms. The serviceable Wilton
carpets are chosen for smaller drawing
rooms, halls, dining-rooms and libra
ries, in mingled patterns of two tones of
one color for the center, while there are
several colors in the wide border. Mo-
quette carpets are now ranged among
the snowy and inexpensive carpets, as
they resemble Administers in appear
ance, but, it must be added, they are
far less durable. They may be had in
the fashionable rug designs, but are
more often seen in the light flori-
ated designs that the French con-
slider so decorative. Body Brussels car
pets for the entire house are chosen by
people of taste with means to furnish
well, but who do not care to follow
every change in fashion; in these car
pets the figures are well woven through,
so that the colors may be seen on the
wrong side. Next these are the tapes
try Brussels carpets that make as good
show as the body Brussels, but do not
wear well, as the colors are not woven
in, and are soon defaced, leaving an I'M
slightly gray surface. Indian and Per-
sian rugs are in great favor, especially
for halls, dining-rooms and libraries in
town houses, and for all the rooms OF
country houses. Good floors of hard
wood are more appreciated yearly, and
where this expense is too great a border
or pattern is put around the room,
and the rug, or carpet made square
and bordered in rug fashion, covers the
middle of the floor. English designers
have provided these square carpets in
single piece of ingram, woven in beau
tiful designs and colors, that are within
the reach of people of small means, and
are excellent for small rooms, for flats
and for summer houses. They are put
down on an ordinary floor, and may be
finished out around the room with
breadth of red or olive Chinese mating,
or they may be thrown down on Il floor
covered with mating, in order to give
more warmth. The plain ingram "lill-
ing" of solid color is also used TO ill
out these square carpets. The prices
begin as low as SIG for carpets three
yards square. English three-ply carpets
are woven in similar squares, but are
more expensive. Both square and
round stair-rods are shown in brass,
bronze, French gilt, or nickel, and there
are cheaper wooden rods for upper
flights and for basement stairs. For
those who object to rods, that some
times mar the pile of stair carpets,
there are fanciful metal pins to fasten
the carpet on each side and in the mid
die of each step. Chinese mating for
summer rooms is shown in solid India
red and olive green, or with gay checks,
bars and plaids of several colors. 1t is
an effective background for Persian or
India rugs in summer cottages, and
breadth of it is tackled around the room
as dado; the rattan window-shades
that exclude the light and admit the air
are used with these, and should be OF
the same olor.-Harper' Bazar.