The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-30
PRETTY FANCY WORK.

Suggestions About Lamp Shades, Por-
there's and Picture Frames.
Now that lamps are so much used. a
few ideas for pretty shades will not
come amiss. Between the stiff paper
lamp shades. ornamented with birds
and flowers in gorgeous colors or with
impossible landscapes showing under
brilliant glazes, and the exquisite crea-
tions for the lamps of to-day, there is
an Unreasonable distance, but in point
of time only few years Into their
composition enter various materials.
Silks and satins, veivets and laceS,
stained glass. bronzeS, oriental fabrics.
gold and silver cords and metallic lace5
all find use. No. only the lamps are
thus adorned, but cah1ios come in for
their share OF this artistic treatment.
A handsome shade for high piano
lamp is oriental in design, showing its
golden ribs covered with old gold silk
and thin Eastern gauze. Around the
edge is a row of olive. dull red and dull
blue silken tassels. with a loose net
work heading. The top Of the shaie
shows coil of golden cords, ending in
loops and tassels. Ruchings of garnet
crepe de chine. thickly sewn on large
parasol frame. with a deep edge of
black Spanish lace is very effective.
A light blue shade. with pale pink
roses painted on the edge and finished
with a deep hounce of creamy lace
would be most charming in light
room. If one can make pretty paper
flowers. a shade OF pale pink roses is
always nice.
A great number of the new lamps are
of black wrought iron ribbon work, and
most of the shades for them are of
open work metal set thickly with COL
ored glass.
A really pretty homemade shade
may be made of strings OF colored beads
thickly sOwn on a narrow ribbon for q
heading. and used as cover for a porce-
lain shade.
Among the cheaper materials for use
as portiere5, or any decorative hang
ipgs, is denim. or waterproof duck. 1t
is double-faced, and comes in two
shades OF blue or brown. As a portiere
it hangs soft. and with a wide band Of
the pale blue set six inches from the
top on the dark curtain. and fin
ished off with tassels of dull red
and olive. a very pretty and ef-
fective curtain for closet is found.
Denim can also be used for walls. the
reverse side of the material. which
shows a darker color, forming the
bordering. 1t also takes paint like
canvas, and can be used for screens.
which is most desirable, Us it is much
cheaper.
Pretty work for the summer is the
making of photograph frames. and a
few hints many be of service Have
your frames cut for you out of moder-
ately heavy pasteboard in whatever
shape you wish. those showing deep,
wide border and oval top being the
newest. and for the large ones. those of
three sides. holding six photographs.
the best size; then take whatever ma
teriai you prefer-plushes and chintzes
are the most effective, however. Cover
the backs first laying the three pieces
far enough apart to allow of the frame
folding together; when finished. line
the front of back with India silk, and
c'H aHo.her strip OF material between
the backs. where the pasteboard does
not come. so as to make the hinge or
place where it folds stronger; then
cover the fronts carefully, using some
strong paste or glue. and then Join
them to the back. leaving az open space
at the top through which to force the
photogr apis; press for some time under
heavy weights, observing care not to
use them until thoroughly d:y.-May
Leavitt in n. Y. Star.