Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-03-26
Mantel Valances.

Mspy OF oar native woods show such
beautiful eoloriugs and veinings that even
q plain wooden mantsl ads much more To
The ,mbsllishmeut OF Q room Than IN
deliberately carved. white marble msnisl.
A. the eommspd Of persons OF moderate
means are nantes Of cherry In its natural
nni.h, and cherry stained "a deep Grim
son hue, mahogany, oak, ash and walnut
nut the present fancy. In color and design,
ruus largely 10 fall tintsd mshogsniss In
old colonial patterns for psriors and w.
brariss, and ~ antique oak add walnut In
German renaissance designs for halls and
dlning. rooms. A handsome msntel for
drswing.room IL of sweet gum wood, In
color resembling olive-wDod. The mantsl
shelf IL rather brosd and low, IL Zoe grain
showing through smooth polish. Above
the shslf rise. o eifeulsr mirror framed
In the gum wood. and beautinsi on the
top by fsstoons snd q garland OF carved
roses, and other fjvsrs.
SO bssuilfsi are msny Of these msntsls
that thy need no dfspsfy, save q simple
scarf laid on the shelf ana srisndlns sboui
zen Inches below a. either snd, snd dish.
81 on The ends With hss,y ffioge.
For . cherry mshtsl Of the deep red
stain, . deep blue OF blue gfeen scarf 10
spproprisisi Tor Q gum.ood. pale silver
green for rcd sycamore. golden olive
fot satin. wool, mats Of gufqaoiss blus vel
vet fripged with silk. Mshogsuy LOOKS
sell with dep blues and olive greens
FSr sn sbobiI'd msnisi. plum, old gold
and l,mou yellow are appropriate colofs
AZ white msrbl. msuislplsess are now
I. much fashion ~ the past a. white
walls, it's more necessary than ever Ia
.nlissn and shield them ~ith bright dfs
p.ris., ZOE Ne esnnoi all h,v. wooden
msnt.l.. Dep lsmbf, qaios. OF vslsness
of plush. do much tos.rds accomplishing
mi. Av.fy handsome obs IL Of cfim.oa
plush, m ,ds ofs strslsh, piece The lsps,h
IL ths msat.l and sights.n inehs- dep
Il the osp,.r % hi. s,iig. cut nips
tueh.- long !. mae from The lover edge
to.sfd. The top.
To. Isft eide 90 The cut .. then ss,hsr.d
0r plated up g. closely {. pus.ihls, sni
fastened 10 the plush sb1vs the cot All ihs
ssihsrs coveted With . foil bos Of pale
st..u sbd crimson .stln nhbons The
loser edge % this slide :. dashed With
crimson and pas srvsn Ella ns.sl., The
color siisrnsiius TIE plu.h IN The other
eide Of The cot I. faced 9Th pale sr,sn
..un, ami tsrbsd up. I. r,vsfs on The
dfspsfy. Ga ia bfosissi part, spoppy
A., isu /. smbrolisr,d -i,b crimson .ils.
TIE msnisl--hslf shoud y. coveted sith
tue piu.h, and . pretty &C CT 4. obiainsi n
The piu.h srtsnds from sisht o. tsu inchs-
ap The wsil 81 the bsct. aud Il haug from
q slsndsr. brass rod IL serves ss q hsek'
srosud 10 The pit,sry % btOSIrs s,s,lly
placei 90 . m.ntsl
l.. sl,bofsis ir,pcris. are OF crimson
cloth % fsll The board which I. PLACED
over The marble shelf :. covered 90 ous
lie With plain piece o. TIE fsli. ~hlch !.
ir.su on 10 smoothly. AMI over TIE sixss,
sbsfs u .. tsct,d 10 bold 10 In place
| Across the edge of The msnisi, sgsiu.i the
ssli, small. hf.s. hssisd nails should Dc
a.sd, piseing them aboai an isoa spart
4 rhs piece -hich forms The vslabe. masi De
cot hslfs yNd dep. AMI straight scro.s
bolh uppsr sEi lover eigvs. Trace The
design lightly on the fsli ~iih white cray
90, hssly pointed. abi then psiut over The
ns-- ~1h chlas.s Whit. using snas
brush fot the pafpo.s. The smbroldsry
nay thea be srvcatsd uith rope linen 90
liBsn q ssss. Which cone In 90 many beau
uful sbsdss
Arp iqas Il also pretty AMI Vsry simple
Fof thi.. The petal. of the z i-sfs .hOali
TO- cot 10 t-o shades % cloth 90 velvet, The
color % To- user - be represented. aud
ths leave. frOm TIE SANE mstsriL 10 green
TIE pst.l. on one slis Oft nosyr may
- dut. and 90 the opposite eide Nah
thas slvlbg The "a ct of sh,iing. B~ts
ias p'ecs. . d. srsety on The design tree
"a on The clo,a. ssd ba,tob hols nOaui
he sdg.s win linen 4 i.s. thus holdit &
them securely 10 the f,lt TIE stems nus,
then BE- wort-i 10 With linsn q -.
The ds.lgu upon the lsmbr gain should
.xtsui sboat bali way down. ani last BE-
io- IL -ofk straight border % herring
hOne stitch With The maisrisl used. OF the
ushi shade OF god oo'of a.si for TIE hai.
lsfcup., watch iss pretty deslsu, ss IN
y,llJs n,ssr. contrast prsttily vita the
crimson background.
Tee cloth bsio. TIT. ilns OF stitching
.hnaii be cot IN form The ffiug~. r,ch
s,r.ni not more than sga,ri-r % an laca
side, and d-sp .noash. almost, ~ met
The herring booze, ~hlch fJfm- keaiiug
tott A .seoud AMI separate frbEiag VI
i,lt. corresponding srscuJ With that al.
ready de.crib~i. 0. thsn cot sni .e-ei 10
nesih n. nr-t. 10 give 10 failsr sni hssv'
Ter .p?.sfsSes
tn. I.mbf. qalu should BE- linsd With .
stir mstsfiai. such ~ haekrsm or linen
dacs. ~ bold u oct smoothly. rh- edge
4. thea tafnsi la sIi Arksi - TIE manisl
piece vita hfsss headed nails
Gray monte cloth m,ssr very pretty
valance iOf . bsd room msht.L The mar.
roc with. which can b. pafch,.-d for
thifty I've csut- yard. u byst Tor N. par
po--, All the l-ugth 20 the msntsl no.ri
-ill o. The ,mou0t ., qgifed Trim q Ous
% The -.lvsse e,igs-. a favsl ~ the
depth ~ dee inehe- Tie group. OF ten OF
tsslys threads % mi. fringe 10 koOts close
~ the cloth. ani bsi~r.n each LITTLE ts...l
thu. mate, lie in obs % tae same pamoyr
OF .ik threads. sni N tbs tes-l- sf- Of
the q 4 'f.n, color- a.ei 10 the .rnproiisr.
81 design. thry have sSsfy priiy rcei
AHoye tn fringe. wort 10 heavy Oatlibs .
poppy design. ~hien shoali he 81 srfsug.
81 q. 10 sxt-hd The whole length ~ The
vslsnce fJr The blossoms, crimson sik
should be u,ej for the leaves aud Oai.,
d,rk green.
in.tssd of the fringe, spreiiy nHish IL .
pointed ! ee pattern. crocbsisd With
scotch linen crochet threst. Between
Zach point of The lace. snd on each tip,
f.sisu q cOlor,d sils ball.tssssl.
Ano,hsr pretty marisl drspsry b. .
straight y,l,Bee OF heavy, white crash,
The lower .ds. rsyelsd and sils tssssls
siisd ~ the fringe, a. already described
Above this. an upright border dssisn or
cous nbsers. bgiisreuP. aud rsd clover.
4. p,intsi In b,tarh color-. and the sllt
used Ia the ffitgr cO'fe-pb nis With these
aud sppssfs In t,ssels OF slterusi- eolors
Above the crash. . drap ~ of trra Gotta
poogre IL esagat up II the center spf the
euds With foil bows OF wide. sstin fibbou,
aud the dfsp-ry hang. down ~ the snds .
little longer than TIE crash yalsocs. Man