Telegram-herald., 1889-06-17
FURNITURE FOB SUMNER
How The Country Houses Should
Be Furnished This Year.
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tl1y oosfiees lscef m tie back. the paTsd
sleeves that sxtsus Olly hElf way from
shoulder % e.. 1e-~ rhe kefcAiefs znd the
sassy seeks sts~frcisd ~ simple strings
vi pearls, the Asfr n!i~d hixh Oh cush ions,
tbs delicate seef IA hIgE hseist ouckled
s1oes Of the oia 5lsns beauties who will
so0a De sauntsgiag up aud down The box
tsrdsgsd waiks 0f cOuntrY gardens would
Be sadly sat % place, even as % modern
aa entertainments a. a lawn party. among
niastsenth century pIeIislliDgs. IL we
cannot often bald ia houses which are
Oceapird for a part ot the year 0niy tbs
heavy mahogany staircases which used
- respond 10 the touch of lightly gy-
lag ises We can introduce, aud
la our June nttiRgs are hber-
ally Introducing the brown aud yellow
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ef aeanthus and decorated with E-sssls
crowned With eurls and wreathed with
a1aFanth. the deepest firs-placss. the old
brass andireus. sh0vels, bellows and tOugs.
the polished floors strrwn with rugs, the
sc0nces with thsir twinkling candle lights.
the four-pOst tester beds. the high
chairs. the quaiat old rockers aud tea ta-
bl-s which were used by ladies Ia Che
century which ladies now dress ~ repre-
sent.
That mahogany i fast recaining its old
Importance goes almost without saying.
There i springins up, even among people
of moderate means. some notion OF found
Ing families, and the idea OF permanence
implies a root la the soil. a country house
almost equally important with the place
In town, the accumulation OF belongings
not 20 be hustled about at May mov.Irg>. in
word. solid mahogany rubbed till IL
shines ike polished glass.
With mahogany goes chlntz and the two
make a fAvorite country combination.
Hardly pretentious new house at Tux
edo or L-nnox which has not its chintz
bedroom. Old-fushioned chintz. you may
believe. in designs that were called the
new India priutirgs' "A hundred years ago
Reds and creams and soft blues and yell
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peeially TO the hard dark wood furniture
aad trim. To correspond with the chintz
hangings come the new chintZ wall papers,
reproducing the same cream grounds and
! the same patterns, but outlined in colors
| instead OF filled in.
have seen "a charming chintz bedroom
in the summer cottage of an artist on
/ Isoug Island on which compa ratively lit.le
| money was expended, but which admira-
| bly, illustrates tue idea: the floor stained n
/ very dark red rubbed with shellac var
nish aud made soft to the feet by the addi-
\ tion OF "a few good rugs and "A strip OF rag
/ carpet, which is the owners special pride.
the woodwork mahogony. with deep pan
| elled window seats and n high mantel, tiled
! with brown red tiles with golden lights in
/ them; the bed huge mahogony four pos
ter. with brass tester rails and canopy of
satin-hnished chintz, the ground of which
il a pale, delicate green. with hints OF
I brown. figured with golden rod sprays
and the deep red cardinal flowers. The
same lowered chintz makes tho bed
spread. the window curtains, cushions in
window seats and upholstery for the high
backed rockers and most sumptuous
divan which has for It's foundation 4 heavy
old straight backed mahogany sofa, picked
up in u second hand furniture shop.
| stripped OF its horsehair covering and
given in exchange riot OF chintZ cushions.
The wall paper has the shadowy green
chia,z ground, with golden rod aud cardi-
nal flowers in outliue. The picture rail is
mahogany and the frieze Is like the side
wall, except that the flowers are printed
solid precisely rs on the hangings. The
ceiling is tinted in still more delicate
shade of pale green.
And does not the dark wood and deeper
coiorines produce q heavier, hotter effect
than is appropriate for August and July :
The water greens are introd uced 10 save
the coOlness aud in another fayorite COM
binstion the creamy ground OF chintz and
wall paper preserves the mahogany from
ths suspicion of sultriness. Besides the
country house Is no longer roughly
finished structure, Occupird for ten weeks
or three months only, and becoming uuin-
hsbitable a. soon aS the autumn chill
strikes through its unfinished walls 1t
receives its tenants "a soon "a the bObOlink :
begin 20 sing, entertains the major pant #
the company Of the twe.vemOuth, and, II
not 50 fas from town as 10 Inconvenience
seriously tn. business mau OF the house
hold. often sees the Christmas stockings
hung in the light Of its ingleside. the
winter fitting cityward being for COM
psratively brief period. Decidedly the
country cottage has a right year by
year To richer and more serviceablo
I furnishings.
Light wood trimmings have not van
. ished; they have merely divided their en-
pire The new enameled furniture g very
pretty aud tasteful, both for parlor and
bedroom. though faT less serviccahie than
the mahogany. Much the same effect. in
deed. can be pro,iuced in brass and iron
and wicker AZ oue-fOurth the cost and half
the risk OF damage remember = delight
fui little room Ia one II the mountain cot
tagss of Outeora, whose owner is one 81
those new products ~ evolution, the girl
bachelors who set MP In Summer indepeud-
sut households This Young bachelor.
whose parents 90 20 The seaside while she
pe-chss with Dora Wheeler rnd Tho r,.st u
thst artistic colony among the Catskills.
/ seats herself in = wicker rocker cushioned 1
With a Morris patterned cretopne ~ - sort
of crushed strsv vberry or salmon pink
shade Her bed is iron, knobned with
brass. with valance Ok the erstpnne and
spread 81 lsce lined with cretoune \
cheap little wsshstand bought at the near.
est country store has been turned info the
most tasteful ~ toilet tables by me nae -
eretonne covered With dotted Sviss The
walls are covered with creamy paper ia a
Louis seize design II narrow pinkish
f srrip pss In shade corresponding ~ tie Cre-
F tonne alternate n 2 with hogluer~ fsesl vs. h
6ntterinx ribbons. The ceiling - very
aslicately st~aciird round wi-h flowers.
With crstoune hsnIinxs and \ bali dozen
hftie pietHFss sneh - one SsF~ VITA The