The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-15
NEW WALL HANGINGS.

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New York Correspondence OF the Globe Democrat
This is an era Of luxury in wall hanging.
Mrs. Henry Clews, the wife OF the banker,
set the feminine end Of New York an exam
pie which it has not been slow to follow
when she had her boudoir draped withivory
white silk caught up with silver chains,
some two or three years ago.
Mrs j. del Monte, who is one OF the
most beautiful women in the city, never
shows her Spanish blonde fairness 70 bet
ter advantage than when, after one OF her
famous dinners, she admits one or two in
Inmates TO her private apartments, hung
with the palest Of pale pink plush, en-
broidered with gold and silver cords.
Mrs. Adolph ladenberg, the most popular
Of the young chaperons Of New York, has
had her sleeping-room refitted lately with
blue silk panels painted in old garden
flower designs. Mrs. Paran Stevens,
when she took Miss Alfredo Paget in
hand, had her charges boudoir dmped
with buish.white China silk, embroid-
cred with lilies in silver. White, indeed,
is the color of all the younger society buds
and blossoms; when they think them
selves in danger Of fading they surround
themselves with rose color or pink and
pale yellow.
The wall decorations OF the more public
rooms Of house are quite rs carefully con-
sidered and more expensive than those OF
mi-ladie's boudoir, Mrs. Whitney's tapes
tries have cost her fortune in themselves
There Is a private residence, not on the
avenue and not occupied by one Of New
Iork's richest men, the frcscoing on the
walls OF which represents the labor OF
thirty men for three months, and cost u
fortune for any man outside OF the city.
Not reckoning mural adornment Of this
sort, which Is possible only TO millionaircs.
wall paper has entered the dominion OF fine
art, and even the cheapest Of IL not inirc-
quently is nowadays the work OF good
designers.
The most expensive wall paper now pro.
duced is pearl flock paper, which for
brilliancy and effectiveness in a drawing
room, especially by gas-ligl,t casts into the
shade the gold paper which used to carry
of the palm. This pearl flock. which Is
seeh In light and delicate tinis, reflects,
not the saiiny sheen Of pearls, but the
sparkle Of diamonds, and is prepared by Il
peculiar process which imbeds myriads Of
tiny crystal beads In the surface Of the
paper, catching the light continually. IL
costs from SIS TO SO roll, and makes a
very decorative wall furnishing.
One Of tho newer methods OF wall deco
ration, rather more expensive than the
best Of wall papers, Is the so-called metal
lie relief work, which WAS iirst employed
in this country In rclinishing OF the older
Vanderbilt houses, and which calls for a
sculptorof some ability 10 do IL justice. A
-
Is put upon the walls. II does not imme-
diately harden, and the workman using a
few tools, IA steel brushes, combs, etc,
on his hands, molds design
I'm which there IL not, as In wall paper, any
repetition OF q pattern, but which harmon
izcs walls aud ceiling into one whole or
into u series ofstudios orenccuyely blend
ing groups In the billiard room Of n new
house in Brooklyn. meadows, grasses and
field flowers are thus made TO nod aud
intcrlace upon the walls, filmy spider
webs stretching from spray 10 spray, and
cat.tails and tall riishes rising from the
bed OF brook 90 minglc their coancr
heritage with the rest
Metallic relief recommends itself 10
many people because n design In one
house can never be exactly duplicated in
any other. II costs about $3.50 Tor u nom
Of average size, and the work Is good, bad
or Indifferent according 10 the artist who
executes II. IL IS real art work, aud might
we'll employ some of the best decorative
talent Of the day. When a room has been
completed, the design is colored, and the
mistress Of the house finds her work Of
furnishing half done. Metallic relief Is an
excellent background for pictures.
Papicr mache Is a new and well liked
wall decoration. II IL quito as expensive
as the metallic relief. u not rather more NJ.
The pulp Is made 10 take any desired de-
sign by stamping in molds, and, used ~ II
Is for the most part IN Idncrusia Walton
colors and patterns Il has much the same
effect, hut Is not 10 be obtained In quite as
high relief.
Lincrusla Walton work has lost nothing
OF the favor In which II has been held Tor
some ycars, but the field Of It's use II
somewhat restricted. Tho dies which
arc used for stamping on the
wet composition give moro and
morc the effect Of tiiling. aud Il Is en-.
ployod accordingly for the hall and for
dados. A library recently finished has
book shelves running about It's -four walls
90 the hight Of four feet. Above them a
fine effect Is obtained by the use Of lin
crusta Walton In dark brown colop Ia
within eighteen inches Of the ceiling, the
scicze being Of lighter lints and resembling
carved wood. MB. Joseph Drcxcl has
fomc fine examples Of llincrusta Walton
In her house
One can always frcsco, and sometimes
do Il very badly. too. There Is a great
deal Of bad ircscoing In New York, very
niagnificcnty bad, 10 the tune Of thousands
OF dollars.
Tapestries arc for those who can afford
them. Ono Of tho finest examples OF the
ancient Oobolins ever exhibited IN the
city reprcscnts.the bcar,hunt Of Philip ",
oil Spain. II was manufactured at ~,
command Of Louis XIV, 40 Gmndc,
IN the seventeenth century, as n present 10
Philip. his royal iatherinlaw. NalcsqucS
painted the subject originally. aud his dc.
sign was enlarged for the superb hanging
which was brought back FROM Spain d
Paris by Bonaparte and found lis way b
America whom the Napoleonic dynasty
was loverthrown forever IN 1870. Ths
blending OF the colors Is perfect ~ Ia .