The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-31

ODDLY ~ DESIGNS.
Products Of Ingenious Minds at Work Al
Over the Enrth.

Products Of Ingenious Minds at Work Al
over the Earth.
The demand for hric-a-brac and novel
ties In household decoration apparently
docs not abate, and there is such a pres
sure for novelties that designers in all
parts of the world, from Boston to Yoke.
hama, are kept busy pushing their in
nlivcness to the last degree to turn
out new combinations. Every manu-
idclurer who caters to this TASTE i'm any
way keeps u designer, whose ears mn,
burdcued with the demand for some
thmg neg An old shoe or AN old hat
give an idea for bOn-bOn case. Every
amman in tho mcnagerie Is employed Nv
various artisans. Botany, as well A.
zoology, Is ransackcd for designs, and
AL the combinations apparently possible
are made nevertheless, there seems t.
ne no limit tu the fertility Of the design.
rr.' In referring To this subject bric-a-
brac dealer, with I'm idle quarter of Nm
hnur on his hands, conducted reporter
through his collection, and rs he went
along his counters he said:
"Incre is u lamp that has the form OF
white owl, from whose head rises the
stem ut AN Immense rose with closely
folded leaves, which en'irely conceal the
globe. There lisa stOrk in flight with it,
wings spread out and its legs 'xtended.
IL Is urnamented, aud Is to be suspended
from the chandelier with invisible
threads, There ~ a candlestick with a
gold grape leaf for It's base, and with n
light receiver of crystal painted in uuld
There Is u work basket in tho form of "A
skin, aud another, with u moss-cuvoreu
top nll of artificial plants, is In the shape
ol ilower-pot. There is u big elephant
ul porcelain, with AN opening In its back
Tor legOnAS, aud there is n porcelain
vase representing n tree trunk over.
grown With climbing plants. There Is n
mirror To he bnrderCd with cut flowers
and to represent miniature lake i'm thr
center of dinner tablc. That cryStnl
ball mounted upon spiral pedestal Is
Tor center table ornament To catch ami
reflect the light. That glass screen has.
You observe, pond lilies painted upnn il
50 that they seem To be floating in water.
The curiOusly twisted horns In that
smoking set come from Eagle Pass,
Texas, and are lambs horns. Tho otbnr
horns are from tho heads ur huiInlnes
They arc mounted in PARIS
aud are sent back here. That
dagger Is papor-cutter, and H.
sheath forms n thermometer. That emf
IL an ink'stand. Tho head in nnrinr
bonnet II the same. Lin the fnce, and
there IL the ink well. That uold.num.
bercd ship, with silver sails and a carYo
| lncased In Austrian glass, is a liouor sci.
Here is baby carriage that represents
slipper lined with plush, and here II
another shaped like u canoe. That tree
oi gold, with nest for eggs, In for next
Easter. This paper-weight contains a
Geneva timepiece, and this one has =
clock on one side, barometer on the
other, Thermometer between and a
geographical globe above. That stork,
raising itself within lotus thicket h
seize u frog, supports thermometer
and that softer dog, with u bird in his
mouth, holds up a barometer. This
| Yilded key, with a. pair of brazsn
dragons in the ring, il IA common and
popular fancy for thermometer now,
Those three Turkish pipes form n news.
paper rack. Here are designs for omen
iirreplacns, Tor, after all, thorc N no brio.
a-brac TO compare with bright omen
IRE. And 80 the variety increases
There is no end To the designs. IN,
designers ARE chiefly Europeans. vbo
are worked NJ high pre- ssuio an thr
timo.lNNew York Sun.