The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
NEW PILLOW COVERINGS
That Are to Replace the Pillow Sham and
Bolster Roll This Fall.


That Are to Replace the Pillow Sh1m ana
Bolster Roll This FAIL
The day of the pillow sham and of
!, the round bolster is past. The very
latest decree of fashion calls for frilled
and embroidered slips of linen lawn.
and ordains that in them and their lin
ing all the color OF the bed drapery
shall concentrate White spreads are
promised for the near future. and the
pillows are to become the important
features of the bed.
The edict has come suddenly, and. as
such things are apt to do. without any
reputed source. but it is an edict never
theless, and already has had its effect.
The pillow slips that are the correct
thing for fall and winter use are very
dainty things. They are made OF fine
linen lawn, of sheer white batiste, or
of Japanese linen. They are en-
broidered and they are frilled. They
are used over covers of colored silk or
fine silesia. and they are made to match
the general scheme of decoration in
the room.
A set that has recently been COM
pleted and that is TO belong to q young
girls room has wreath of morning
glory for its design. The room itself is
all in soft old ivory and tender pinks.
for its owner disdains anything crude
and tolerates only subdued tones. The
wall paper shows convolvulus de-
sign, and the wreath for the pillows is
in harmony with it.
The lining, or the under slip. is of
old pink silk, the cover itself of Japan
csc linen that has surface almost as
silky as silk. On the linen the wreath
is embroidered in the most perfect and
charming way. The work is all done
with fine wash-color fibrelle. The flow
ers and the buds are embroidered with
pale old pink and the leaves with sub
dued tones of olive, the entire design
being worked solid. Over the colored
silk the linen takes just suggestion
of color, and, with the fine frill as a
finish. the slip is charming as need be.
1t is fastened at the center of the back
with buttons, button holes. and flap,
and SO can be removed and laundcred
at will, but for the plebeian purpose
of rest there are other pillows which
are plainly covered with white and
which are kept out of sight during the
day.
Another even more elaborate design
culiar way, The material of the slips
is fine. sheer linen lawn, which is per-
fectly transparent. and takes the color
of whatever is beneath. The lining is
goldcolored silk.
The main coloring of the room is
golden brown. with bits of yellow here
and there, and daisies are conspicuous
as motive in the decoration. The
pillow-slips combine a modified wreath
of the flowers with the monogram of
their owner. The former IS embroid-
cred with silks--white for the petals.
yellow for the centers and olive for the
leaves and stems But the latter is
made in a far simpler way. The design
was first drawn upon paper, then traced
on to fine but closely-woven cotton
cloth or muslin. and cut out in
the neatest possible wav. 1t was next
pasted in exactly the correct posi-
ton upon the silk slip. and now is seen
through the transparent corn. The
effect is excellent and the process not
quickly discovered. The solid letters
look almost as if they had been woven
into the lawn and give a most substan-
tial air to the slip.
The third pillow that is given here is
to embellish a young brides room. 1t
has been worked by dear friend, and
is meant to convey all the sentiment
the flowers suggest.
The material in this case is Persian
lawn, and the frill is Of soft lace, but
the general characteristics are the same
as those of the foregoing two. The I'M
der slips are of pale blue India silk
The tiny flowers are scattered over the
surface in irregular profusion. The
full-bloOm blossoms are, of course,
worked in blue, with centers that con-
sist each of a single French knot in
yellow, but the buds, which are copied
direct from nature, show palest old
pink. tint that is not often used The
leaves are all in medium olive shades,
and the graceful sprays, thus worked,
produce most beautiful whole.-N. Y. |
Times.