The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-29

pective buyers: French and English goods
are shown this season in a perfection of
finish and beauty of coloring which have
never been surpassed. Domestic papers are
made up in great quantities and are often
very beautiful, but would rarely be selected
in preference TO the elegant products of the
Old World 1t is interesting to note that the
day of deep, somber tints is over and that
light cheerful effects are generally chosen.
Occasionally dark tones are used for the hall,
library or dining room, and all the leading
houses carry good line of rich colors.
While frlezes are shown in goods of domes-
tic manufacture, the French papers of newest
designs present only the plain chintz figures,
simply finished with a narrow picture mold
ing not exceeding three inches in width for
even the highest rooms. The same styles in
home make have frieze of medium width
and in pattern slightly modified from the
body of the wall, from which it is separated
| by few dark lines The effect is prettier
than that of the foreign article These chintz
patterns are exquisite in design and finish
The ground is almost invariably a light and
generally neutral tint, or sometimes a very
delicate salmon pink, buff, fawn, blue or
Nile green. On these dainty surfaces are
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Of natural size and nearly covering the
ground The designs are rarely conven-
tional, and are usually so well drawn that
they may be named at a glance.
On a ground of cream, shrimp pink horse
shoe geraniums with abundance Of shaded
green leaves are scattered at random, as if
some one had carelessly thrown them upon
the wall with a liberal hand. Clusters of
pink and maroon dahlias adorn a pale fawn
ground Dielytra, carnations, broad acan-
thus leaves, snap dragons, japanese and
Easter lilies, roses of every shade, peonies
convolvulus and great clusters of daisies
each with its own proper foliage and in
natural size, are sprinliled with artistic skill
on light grounds and produce charming
summary effect.
For halls huge designs of the larger flowers
are displayed, and remind one of the papers
seen on very old houses. OF course these
styles are adapted for halls of generous di-
mensions
Another recent fashion is that Of tapestry
designs which are generally somewhat deeper
in tone than the preceding, and are copied
exactly from rare old tapestries, even the
mesh of the canvas being plainly seen. The
colors are the dull old rose, blues and greens
of the ancient needlework.
A pretty and exact imitation of faience til
| ing is shown for bath rooms and small halls,
and is so much like the original that the sense
of touch is necessary to distinguish the imita-
ton.
There is nothing more beautiful for q draw
ing room, or a stately saloon parlor, than the
repousse papers which show rich designs in
gilt or white, on light but decided surfaces
For example, rather large, statuesque de-
sign in gold is raised from delicate pink,
light cadmium, sky blue or lavender ground,
or the raised figure is in white, apure Parian
marble white, and may be in figures or in
great white roses or lace designs. These
papers give an effect of elegance and purity
of tone which harmonizes well with the light
pushes and chintz patterned satins which are
now so much used by the upholstererS.