The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-10
FASHIONS IN FURNISHINGS.
Some Novel Upholstering Materials q
Decorative Fancles.

Some Novel Upholstering Materials and
Decorative FAncles.
To furnish house artistically re-
quires vast amount of care and judg-
ment at the present day. for notwith-
standing there has never been as large
and varied an assortment of materials
shown, yet the very fact Of the great
variety is bewildering and unless care
be taken the undertaking proves fail
ule. In selecting upholstering goods
the possibilities of rugs or carpets.
paint and paper must be considered
and either colors that will contrast well
or else accord with these selected.
Heavy Oriental fabrics richly worked
with gold thread and brilliant colors
are effective for individual pieces of
furniture, but are too heavy-looking
for an entire suite. With these can be
introduced chairs and low-down
couches covered with solid-col0red silk
plush. A pretty combination is shown
in low, broad sofa with upholstered
back, but no sides, covered in wine
color and gold, rich, striped material,
with the stripes running from back to
front. Two very odd-looking corner
chairs, with gilt frames, have their
seats covered with wine-colored plush;
another chair. with EBONY frame, has a
covering of gold color, while another
is upholstered with rich raw silk ma
terial, having palm leaves of all colors
upon a golden ground.
Raw silk fabrics, unless of very
superior quality, are not durable; the
colOrs easily fade and cause the whole
to look defaced after very little wear.
Silk plush makes a handsome covering,
whether plain or brocaded; the latter
is the most serviceable, as the pile does
not become as easily fattened down.
Most gorgeous are the silk damasks,
brocaded with velvet in contrasting
cOlors. For real hard wear and serv-
ice nothing can be chosen to last as
well as wool plush. The pile does not
flatten and when selected of dark
maroon or garnet shade will contrast
well with almost any surroundings.
House linen forms in this age of
changes very important item of fur
nishing. Sheets are finished with a
deep hem. with open stitch, the mono
gram or initials being placed below the
hem in the center Of the sheet. They
are edged with Torchon lace or en-
broidered trimming, the bolster and
night pillow-cases being made and
trimmed to correspond. All house
linen should be embroidered with the
initials of both husband and wife. Col
ored blankets, in pale blue, rose, cher.
ry or scarlet, are used according to the
color of the room in which they arr
placed. They have delicate flower
borders in white and are marked te
correspond with the linen with silks o.
the same shades. The fashionable
manner of dressing bed for day-tim,
is not to have any thing white seen
The spread is either made Of satin con
trasting with the furnishing and ele
gantly embroidered, or else of furni
ture covering or cretonne. This Ell
tirely covers over the bolster and pill
ows-a fashion not generally attract
i've, for certainly nothing can be NOR,
exqusitely beautiful than delicate whit
lace and embroidered draperies.
= Colored embroidery is not now uset
upon table linen, with the exception o
five o'clock tea clothes, which are still
decorated with colored embroidery
lace and fancy stitches and drawn
work. For general wear the finest dam
ask is used, with the monogram O
the owners embroidered upon tn
cloths and napkins. A revival of tn
old custom is to have the dessert placed
on the table after the white cloth ha
been removed. The dessert table
cloth is now of embossed velvet o
plush. Each plate, however, is place.
on little white doyly, like for after
noon tea. Unlike the introduction O
the Russian service at table, desser
used always to be laid on the tabl
after the white cloth was removed
Then came tho fashion of decoratin,
the dinner-table with fruit and flower
and dessert was handed around with
out removing the white damask. w
are now returning to the old fashion o
removing the cloth and substituting
by another. Will this revival NEE
with general favorp That can not We
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