Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-14
NO MORE WALL PAPER,
Fashion DEGREES 1t Out of Date.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald
wall papers, except the costliest and most
tasteful kinds, and only for special PURPOSES ere
no longer used by fashionable people" said
dealer on Wabash avenue. who. in certain re-
spects, leads the van for interior house decora-
TONS when employed at all. satin and SINH
lar papers are put in the parlor. and, perhaps,
the din;ng-room. but the rest of the apartments
are frescoed and painted in fine tints The
latest and most fashionable thing in this respect
Is nodded PAPER msche. That is all the rage
just now, but it is novelty which is going
to stay. for it is really pretty. The papier
mache Is pressed In our own mods from spe-
cal designs all the tracery being in relief. and
TINS gives the whole sculpture-like appearance.
The prevailing tints used for them are the same
when are now the reigning ones. grays. dull
browns and yeliows aud mostly all what is
called pure colors. that is. unmixed. But every
other kind OF tint Is and may be used from the
various shades of green and bronze to the
deepest purple and crimson. AS moresQue STYLES
are much admired just now these holdings
also show beautiful araheSques and are toned
down by different tinted bronzes. The material
used for the purpose is known to the trade
as composition. and when ready these mold
ings are utilized for frieZes. rondeauS vignettes
and center pieces in ceilings. Here is one We
have made for a new theater In town near St
Louis. which is. as you see. ten feet in dame
ter. The effect is one of chaste elegance This
Kind of thing is going to be the most fashion,
able during the next year at least You admire
this yellow on that frieZe? 1t is the 'cadmian
yellow. the latest color out in this line"
stained glass used as much ever"
Just as much. If not more but the work is
much finer than formerly. Here are some of the
most beautiful bits of stained glass which have
ever come into my hands. Look at them. These
broken bits of glass. with their rich yellOws and
browns and old-gold tints. are very effective
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late. Then this iridescent glass, glittering and
varying in color. and half transparent. 1t is
with them that some of the most decided sue
cesses have been wrought these days in the way
OF stained glass paintings. With them. as with
nothing else the ocean. the lake and the spring
may be counterteted in glass in way to make
the disciple of Apelles despair. No brush aud
Oil paint have ever transtiXed such deep. glow
ing colors on the canvasas are here forever fixed
on the glass. And this blue opaque and this
ruby amber. They are the two latest cOlOrs.
Do you know how the graduation of these tints
on the same bit of glass is brought about: The
two colors, the white and blue and the ruby and
yellow are rolled into the glass when it is semi
liquid, and rolled so unevenlv that here there is
wave much darker. and there is one much
lighter. And these streaks of different colors
are what make it so bizarre and odd"
(which woods are mostly used nOw?"
sycamore, gum wood and mahogany, also
cherry, but not so much as it has been till re-
Gently. Only cherry is stained often frequently
in imitation of mahogany, while sycamore and
gum wood. as we'll as mahogany, are left in
| their. natural state. Oak is still used great
deal in libraries and sitting rooms. and then it
is stained a shade or two darker. SO as to give
| 1t the appearance of being well seasoned. Man.
| tells are all Of wood nowadays, and the marble
| has made its exit, for good, probably. The
| latest thing in tiles are these made of sheet
| copper. brass and bronZed brass. There is set
| of them which show bronze and verdigris hues.
| Such tiles set off a wooden mantelpiece wonder
| fully with their rich, metallic effects"
SHOW me some OF your tine wall papers,
| please"
Here are the Japanese, which still hold their
own and will always be considered handsome.
with their OlG-goid or bronze back ground and
their dark red aid olive figures on it standing
out in bold outlines. Lincrusta-W alton, too.
has come much in vogue OF late. These are
some very fine new patterns. There is factory
in New Jersey where they employ the best
talent and turn out 10y all odds the most beauti-
fu work. their designs being always original
and in good taste. Leather is likewise employed
largely In fitting up libraries. Tapestries, espe-
clally gObens, would be met with more often
than is now the case in the homes of our wealthy
and cultured people. if it We're not for the fact
that gouelins are so immensely expensive and
SO rare as to put them virtually out of the reach
Of almost everybody. Those three YOU See on
that wall are deemed by Judges the handsomest
in the west. They came out Of the collection Of
Count -, in Paris. and | bought them when
his collection of objects, rich and rare, were
auctiOned off after his death. But they may
hang for another couple of years on the wall
before they bring the prices to which their value
entities me-
land what is this-a marble doOr?'
No; it is made of marbleZed glass. The
process OF manufacture is secured by patent
and all these goods are made in Boston. This
marbeiZed glass is made in many different
shades. comprising all the tints of the different
varieties Of genuine marble and granite i'm the
world The imitation of the marble is perfect
As far as the eye is concerned no difference be-
tween this and the real article is percpptible
and as for its wearing qualities this is much
superior For halls and vestibules for pillars
and columns in large buildings for doors and
thing and freeing this article is excellent