Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-06
HINTS TO HOUSEHOIDERS.
Fashionable Paper-Hangings Recently Ex-
hibited in New York.

faSnlOnaDie Paper-HangfngS Recently En-
hibited in New York.
There is no part of the decoration of
a room more important than the wall
covering. Walls are decorated after
rooms in old French palaces; the cell
ings and friezes in such rooms are
nodded in high relief in old ivory, and
other delicate colors. and the side walls
are hung with tapestries, which are
often painted to order, after old Gobeiin
designs. Papers are usually sold for
simpler houses Pale papers in mono
tone color are used in parlors furnished
in French styles A ceiling and wide
nodded frieze in white and gold or white
and silver is used with such papers.
Delicate faint shades of robin s-egg blue,
pale water-green and tints of s'paon" or
blue green's are some of the colors chosen.
A very beautiful paper for parlor use is
in French gray decorated with silver.
Charming papers for country parlors are
in honeysuckle pattern. The vine, leaf
and flower are so conventiona1ized in
the body of the paper that they form q
design suggesting old Damascan pat
terms, while the deep frieze shows the
motif of the design in graceful, real
istic tracery of vine and flower. Charm
ing papers for summer parlors or for
bedrooms are in narcissus patterns and
are shown in realistic colors and conven-
tionalized tints. ''Bees among the
clover" gives the motif for still another
pattern designed by the Associated
Artists" Nursery papers are frequently
designed with deep friezes of childrenS
figures after Kate Greenaway's draw
ings. Still other nursery friezes repeat
in pictures the familiar stories of nur-
sery rhymes
1t is rule with artistic decorators
that the ceiling should be in the light
est or in the coolest tone of color; the
frieze should be the same color or q
trifle darker, and the main body Of wall
q still more decided color. II dado is
used ir is in heavier, darker color than
that used on any other part Of the wall.
The old method of bordering a room
with a contrasting band Of heavy color
is no longer tolerated by refined house.
holders
Exquisite papers copied from old In
dian or Chinese designs are shown for
libraries and dining-rooms-s A dining
room paper is preferred in rich color,
suggesting rather the banquet-room Of
the Venetian in its rich, bold use Of
color than the somber, stiff English din
ing-room.
Papers in delicate, conventionalized
flower patterns, in shades of one color,
or in chintz patterns, are used for bed
rooms or boudoirs. Such rooms are
often finished with deep frieze I'm coll
ors harmonizing with the main body Of
the paper. In the case of chintz papers
which come in variety of patterns
wi tn chintz exactly matching them in
design and colors-the paper covers the
side walls, and the ceiling is covered
with the chintz in a f1uted pattern
Tiny settees upholstered in the same
chintz are added to the furniture of the
room.
The most beautiful papers for entrance
halls and restibules are the gilded
leather papers which are imported
Pieces of antique decorated Spanish
leather are sought for this purpose, but
are rare, being found only in bric-a-brac
shops.-N. Y. Tribune