Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
NOVELTIES IN FURNISHINGS.
Beautiful Things for Christmas. Presents to
Decorate the Household

Deautiui EninEs Tor Christmas Preseuts N
Decorate the Household.
THE dado is as extinct as the dodo' said the
head OF a great furnishing house TO a sr,R
writer yesterday. "wide friezes for the walls
are in favor, the extreme of the STYLE being
one-third he height Of the room. There have
never been such beautiful wall papers as there
are this year, both in design and coloring
For libraries, dining rooms and halls rich terra
cottns and magentas are very proper. but light
greens are the newest, olive and moss greens
particularly. Drawing rooms should be adorned
with rocco and Louis Seize patterns. BED
chamber papers are in dainty little Marie An
toinette and Vatican designs; also in chintz
patterns OF baby and robins egg blues. pinks
and occasionally yellows The floral designs
are copied from French chintzos
The newest draperies are OF silks. which
should be OF light and delicate colorings
tapestries also are largely used ns well as
brocatelies, satin damasks, fax yelours and
Titan veiours. There is a new silk fabric that
Is becoming popular with figures brought out
IN cotton aud tinsel In carpets the latest
things are Of English Administer, made TO or
der without seams in shapes to hit the room
Bird s-eye maple Is the latest material FOR
sets OF furniture. Another entire novelty 10
Wavy birch wood. The latter is susceptible Of
very high polish and resembles satin wood.
Dressing tables made of either for the
boudoir with triple glasses that fold together
Brass bedsteads usually 40 with these
Bamboo dressing tables and entire bed room
suites OF bamboo very popular. Also
for the same purpose hard white woods, Ike
maple and birch, ara much employed, painted
with white enamel amt and touched uD with
gold leaf Sometimes silver lesy is used with
the enamel instead. bamboo chamber sets are
particularly the fashion for young ladies rooms.
Beds Of brass or Of iron, painted white,
with brass trimmings, more popular this
year than ever before. Mahogany, with trim
minSs OF brass. pervades everything and il found
IN all possible shapes and put to all possible uses
IN furniture. New mahogany unstalned has
altogether superseded the old dark finish
Cheyal dressing tables. with glasses nearly 20
the roor on one SIDE and big receptacles on the
other side for bonnets and what not are the rage.
Sometimes, instead OF a bonnet box there ir q
cute little escrltoire, with pigeon holos. The
very newest mirrors for side boards and dressing
tables are shaped like shields Dining tables
are still square and run to heavy square legs.
Corner china closets made all of glass. with
glass shelves, bowed glass fronts and mirror
backs.
- There are more ingenious devices in fur
niture this year tor saving space in small quar-
tiers than ever before A new hind Of folding
bed ilso includes . wardrobe. a full-length
mirror a secretary, an open book and
chinonler. All these arrangements arc en-
tirely practicable and not shams. The entire
front part of the affair, including al
the compartments described, is slid to
one side. disclosing the bed behind,
which folds down. There are ever so
many styles Of washstands which look like
very handsome tables when they are closed.
when the table top is pushed aside pitcher
and basin are revealed, with q slop bucket be-
meath, while a towel bar pulls out at the side.
The most complete sort has also q reservoir
OF fresh water and little apparatus for pump
ing II into the basin. There desk wash
stands and bureau Wristbands likewise. One
kind Of table washstand has n mirror on the
under side OF the top of the table, so that when
the top is turned up on end there 10 a glass 10
look into WI lie one performs ones ablutions.
Bed trays for invalids made with folding
sick person il desired, affording good founds-
ton for a meal
pain ted reed work in rope-like effects for
ottomans, stools and work baskets has become
80 popular all Of sudden that the manufac-
turers cannot supply the demand The swell
est people cover their furniture now with
a single kind Of goods. not mixing msterisis
in sofas and chairs. although different colors
may be combined Suites for the drawing
room should be oyerstuffed, no part OF the
frame showing. Usually they are fringed.
with ormolu brass. In desks the new
est patterns are copies OF the French,
with curved legs- Onyx in endless
varieties Is used for tables, cabinets and
etageres- The Algerian onyx IL particularly
hneand delicate IN coloring but several choice
kinds are quarried IN Mexico, one OF the most
exquisite being the Pedrara- Reed and rattan,
in sixteenth century effects are the rage for
chairs, sofas and tables. Fancy furniture
gilded and Of dainty shapes, s more popular.
than ever this year. We have lately flied o.
great room with IL