The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
Carpets.

The tendency shown last year towart
lighter cOlors for carpets, curtains. wall
coverings and upholstery has grown
into 4 positive preference in the fitting
up OF all rooms, except in those tina
are rather severely furnished. such a.
libraries. dining rooms and halls. Tn.
obtruslve designs and small figures arr
chosen for carpets of all grades, the
floor covering being treated merely as q
background for furniture. whose sol,
comfort, quiet and warmth are consid.
cred. rather than its show and striking
display. Intricate ~~conetrical designs
and lower patterns. both conventional
lied and quite literal. are in favor alike
ior the simplest in~rains. the ccstIiest
Administers, and the French tufted car
pets that are woven IN a single p:eca
and sold for n hundred dollars the
square yard. Rug designs, especially
those OF India and of Persian rugs. are
in great favor. and all carpets are fin.
lshe.l with Il border. viii e many are
made up in rug fashion; that i, they
are en-; square or Obiony, without refer
ence 10 the shane OF the room an eco
nnmicai plan for those who move often,
As they may be changed from room to
ROOM, and the bare places covered
with filling of s~olil-colored in
grain or with darh-cO!ored mating, or
else the floor may he painted. or a
border of hard wood ina be aGdel.
Administer carpets woven in a s;ng!e
piece, with 4 plain co.ored border, are
chosen for grand drawing-rOo:us. The
durable Wilton carpets arr for palmer
drawing-rooms, pariOrs and halls, and
also lor richly furnished librar es and
dining rooms; for small houses an ap.
pearance of size is given by having the
wlo.e lower iOor carpetcd alike, es-
pec;a!iy since doors opening into halls
are now taken down to give Place tn
porticrs that may lie drawn 4 idc. and
the entire floor male to seem one iarre
apart cat. The erru and yellow
grounds for carpets SIGwn las; var
have disappeared. following the black
grounds of a few wears az, while ar
tiStic designers choo>r India red,
Burmese rose, Sewers blue, "o!.ler
brown. robin s-cg". .nl sarc-@geer
grounds. upon which are woven ORR
entail 'es:gns AMI patterns from old
tapestries that lcoN is if they were
wrought by the nee lie. There are also
solii-colored carpets in dull suLduei
shades OF olive, peacOck-blue, and
Venetian browns ike maroon, w til
narrow borders of Il lighter color. The
English body Brussels carpets remain
in favor both for well-to-dO people
can Use tl:em on all their floors, AMI
for those of Smaller means who can
only have them for Their best rooms:
the tapestry Brussels carpets that imi-
tate these are. however. To be avoided,
the wooden colorS are merely stamped
on a gray surface and soon dcfa ed.
For small rooms in flats. for cottage
and for country houses. the in
grain carpets woven in 4 single piece
commended. as they are used like
y be thrown down on q painted
fioor. or else to give mor warmth To a
floor covered with straw mating. For
mating, dull c. orS of dark shades.
as Chinese-red OF olive, are pre-
Ferred to those of the natural straw.
or to checks. S,a.rways are car
to match the hall. and may have
rods to faSten them, or else pins.
buttons made of brass, French gilt.
1ickle, or bronze: the carpet may cover
I'll the stairs. or there may be a wood
N border visible on each side. A ruiz
among use-furnishers that NAV %,
,ivcn here i, that of having one color
prevail throughout the room. beginning.
With as dark a shade as is permissible
or the carpet or its wooden border.
whether painted Or inlaid, then choos.
NC a lighter tone for the dado. with a
till lighter hue for the middle wall, q
cry pale shade for the friehe, and the
tint of all for the ptatcnd, OF
cillng.-Harper's Bazar.